Best Practices In Affordable Housing

A new Internet directory of best practices in affordable housing will be launched in October.

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October 9, 2001, 5:00 AM PDT

Feldman, who directs the multidisciplinary City Design Center at UIC, is hoping to dispel that idea with a new Internet catalog of best practices in affordable housing design. The catalog will be unveiled at an October symposium in Chicago... "I kept getting phone calls from around the country asking for examples of good affordable design," Feldman says. "And I never knew what to suggest."That's when the idea of an Internet catalog took hold. It would showcase innovative housing models, including mixed-use, collaborative, and live-work development. "I wanted to show examples of cost-effective, aesthetically pleasing, and energy-efficient housing, accessible housing, and housing that is designed to fit into a neighborhood context and is appropriate for different types of households," she says.

Thanks to Planning Magazine

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