The Terwilliger Center’s Case Studies provide comprehensive examples of affordable, workforce, and mixed-income housing projects using the winners of our Annual Housing Awards. The case studies showcase the innovative work of our award winners, including financing, challenges faced, and lessons learned.
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425 Grand Concourse was awarded the 2024 Terwilliger Center Award for Innovation in Attainable Housing. 425 Grand Concourse is a 26-story, 310,000-squarefoot Passive House–certified development located in the Bronx, New York, that provides 277 affordable and
mixed-income housing units, a supermarket, a 29,000-square-foot CUNY educational facility, a community health center, and a cultural space.
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PAH! Hiland Plaza was awarded the 2024 Terwilliger Center Award for Innovation in Attainable Housing. PAH! Hiland Plaza (PAH) provides 92 affordable apartment units specifically designed to meet the needs of the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard-of-Hearing households. PAH is the largest housing development in the nation serving the Deaf community and the only one designed to accommodate households with children.
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The Laureate was awarded the 2024 Jack Kemp Award for Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing. The Laureate is a mixed-income, mixed-use residential development that provides 268 units of workforce and market-rate apartment units. Located one-block from a DC-area Metro station, this project represents the first use of Montgomery County’s innovative Housing Production Fund (HPF), a $100 million revolving fund aimed at accelerating the creation of affordable housing in high-opportunity areas.
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Chattanooga Missing Middle Housing was awarded the 2024 Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing Award. The Chattanooga Missing Middle Housing project, led by Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise Inc. (CNE), transformed 50 vacant, scattered parcels into 181 units of missing middle housing. Designed to bridge the gap between single-family homes and large apartment buildings, the project aimed to preserve neighborhood character while increasing density.
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Caton Flats won the Terwilliger Center’s 2023 Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing Award. The new construction redeveloped a Caribbean vendors’ market and surface parking lot into the expanded Flatbush Central Caribbean Marketplace and 255 units of affordable and workforce housing.
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Broadway Lofts won the Terwilliger Center’s 2023 Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing Award. Broadway Lofts is a mixed-use development that created 48 units of workforce housing with a local cooperative grocery on the ground floor. Located in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, Broadway Lofts is the city’s largest redevelopment in 40 years, marking an important economic investment in the community.
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This case study showcases an innovative partnership between the Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH) and the American Legion Post 139, which resulted in a new 160-unit affordable housing project with a veteran preference built on the site of the aging post facilities. This case study provides important lessons for affordable housing development, including the impact of partnerships with land-rich nonprofits and the importance of flexible zoning and continued subsidies for deeply affordable housing.