Jack Newton

Affordable Housing Development Competition

To generate interest in community development, FHLBank Boston partners with dedicated sponsors to bring together graduate students for the annual competition.

“It is so impressive to witness the student creativity related to affordable housing that this competition generates.”

Jack Newton
Housing & Community Investment Analyst

Overview

Learn how the competition works and the benefits of participating, including prizes.

Participants

See this year's student coordinators and sponsors and learn how to form a team. Also, see which  developers and finance and design mentors previously participated in the competition.  

Requirements

Students and housing developers can find out more about submission requirements and judging criteria.

exterior of apartment building with colorful landscaping and 3 adults walking down a walkway

The Mosaic South Boston, MA

First place: The Mosaic aims to convert South Boston High School into 83 units of low-income senior housing and residential community spaces including a rooftop garden, games and arts room, fitness center, and large multipurpose space.

exterior of modu-lodge with landscaping, and man standing in walkway

Workforce Modu-Lodge Jay, VT

Workforce Modu-Lodge provides a flexible mix of modular-construction single-room occupancy units, studios, and two-bedroom units in Jay for seasonal and year-round workers in the hospitality industry.

exterior of Eva Mondon Commons with landscaping and man and child standing in greenspace in front of building and man trying to open door of a unit

Eva Mondon Commons Putney, VT

Eva Mondon Commons transforms a half-acre lot in rural Putney into six affordable homeownership units.