A development that provides housing and recuperative care to people experiencing homelessness in Denver, a home for youths aging out of foster care in Des Moines, Iowa, and one of the world’s largest residential passive house buildings in New York City are among the inspiring projects that have recently opened their doors.
These projects along with 33 others have been selected as finalists in AHF’s 2023 Readers’ Choice Awards. They illustrate the tremendous range of affordable housing being built for families, seniors, farmworkers, veterans, and people with special needs.
Rising during the COVID-19 pandemic and amid escalating costs, they also show the creativity of the teams behind the developments.
Chosen from 145 entries, the finalists are in 18 states, from the nation’s metros to America’s heartland to the Hawaiian islands.
AHF magazine and newsletter subscribers can vote for the winners in nine categories as well as an overall winner at https://forms.gle/qqmow96u2G9fxFNX8. Voting takes place Aug. 1 through 18 and is restricted to subscribers as of Aug. 7.
The winners will be recognized at AHF Live: The Affordable Housing Developers Summit, Nov. 13 to 15, in Chicago.
Avalon Villas
Avalon Villas in Phoenix offers early childhood education, health care services, and more for residents.
The Banks at Mill Village
The Banks at Mill Village seeks to revitalize historic community in Columbus, Georgia.
East Bluff Homes
East Bluff Homes in Peoria, Illinois, transforms vacant lots into stable housing for low-income residents.
Rockwood Village
Rockwood Village brings more than 200 much-needed housing units and a new public park to Gresham, Oregon.
The Landmark
The Landmark, which had been a 1920s-era hotel in Wausau, Wisconsin, is now an updated, modern home for a diverse array of residents.
Legacy Place
A historic hotel and two schools have been transformed into an amenity-rich senior housing development in Urbana, Ohio.
Park 79
Once a former illegal hotel, New York City's Park 79 now houses in-need seniors—many of whom were formerly homeless.
Residences at Wells School
The Wells School in Southbridge, Massachusetts, has a new life serving local seniors.
425 Grand Concourse
In addition to housing, New York City's 425 Grand Concourse prioritizes health care, education, and culture.
Hale Kalele
A public-private partnership has maximized a Honolulu site for affordable housing and a juvenile center.
Mission Heritage Plaza
Mission Heritage Plaza comprises affordable housing as well as space dedicated to housing justice and civil rights.
Sendero Verde Phase 1
The mixed-income Sendero Verde Phase 1 in New York City provides a charter school as well as a center for seniors and youths.
Renaissance Legacy Lofts and John Parvensky Stout Street Recuperative Care Center
A mixed-use Denver development brings together housing for the most vulnerable and recuperative care.
Roosevelt Gardens
Roosevelt Gardens in Austin, Texas, aims to end homelessness for people with HIV.
Ruth Ellis Clairmount Center
The new Ruth Ellis Clairmount Center offers housing and services for LGBTQ+ young adults in Detroit.
YWCA Hamilton PSH
A Hamilton, Ohio, development offers housing to people who have been homeless and families fleeing domestic violence.
Baldwin Village
Avanath Capital Management acquires a Los Angeles workforce community, converting 468 homes into affordable housing.
Carl Mackley Houses
WinnCompanies preserves and rehabilitates the nearly 100-year-old Carl Mackley Houses in Philadelphia.
Lennox House
National Church Residences ensures that a seniors housing community in Grand Prairie, Texas, remains affordable.
Richford Arms
A public-private partnership restores a historic affordable housing community for seniors in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Anne M. Lynch Homes at Old Colony 3C
Beacon Communities uplifts Boston's Old Colony, one of the nation's oldest public housing developments.
Cramer Hill Family
Cramer Hill Family is the first phase of the complete redevelopment of Camden, New Jersey's Ablett Village.
Hacienda Heights
A former public housing project in Richmond, California, has been renewed by Mercy Housing California and the Community Housing Development Corp.
PACT Brooklyn Bundle II
Development partners tackle a massive public housing redevelopment, including over 2,600 units in 39 buildings, in Brooklyn, New York.
Allegany Junction
Woda Cooper Cos.' Allegany Junction brings 40 new, affordable units to Cumberland, Maryland.
Creekside Terrace
Self-Help Enterprises tackles the housing shortage in Mariposa, California, caused by short-term rentals.
The Meadows
A development in Wisconsin's Lafayette County caters to agriculture workers and their families.
Yurok Homes #3
The Yurok Indian Housing Authority has created the first low-income housing development for tribal members in Arcata, California.
Lake Anne House
A new seniors housing development has replaced an aging project on the same site in Northern Virginia.
Landmark Place
RUPCO has created a seniors housing campus in Kingston, New York, through new construction and historic rehab.
Liberty View
Liberty View provides housing for veterans on a former Army base in Aurora, Colorado.
Magnolia Villas
EAH Housing brings much-needed seniors affordable housing to California's desirable Santa Monica.
1064 Mission Street
San Francisco's 1064 Mission Street project comprises permanent supportive housing, a clinic, and a culinary academy.
Berkeley Way and The Hope Center
A Berkeley, California, development meets the need for food and shelter through a community kitchen and multiple housing types.
Lucille and Bruce Terwilliger Place
Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing and an American Legion Post have created a veteran-focused community.
Sixth Avenue Flats
A development in Des Moines, Iowa, provides housing and opportunities for youth aging out of foster care.
