Nour Lyna worked at FWDSLASH, a 2024 Ivory Prize semifinalist that is helping community-based nonprofits in West Virginia, Kentucky, and California provide housing, health care, social services for high-need households. She helped FWDSLASH develop better evaluation metrics for its work and also developed a detailed guide outlining best practices for community-based housing development.
Eddy worked on three projects for Ivory Innovations, a nonprofit whose mission is to catalyze innovation in housing affordability. He led a pro bono consulting project for of 122 portfolio organizations associated with Ivory Innovations; mapped key stakeholders and networks in the international housing innovation ecosystem, and helped create initiatives to strengthen Ivory’s connections with national philanthropic organizations, homebuilders, and research organizations.
Yael conducted research for the Rhode Island Department of Housing on a variety of topics including master leasing, understanding and expediting the rate of housing development, local compliance with the state's affordable housing law, and the effectiveness of statewide rent control laws.
Klara Kaufman
Master in Design Studies
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Klara worked at Nesterly, a 2019 Ivory Prize semifinalist, which facilitates intergenerational homesharing. She developed a training guide for customer support; created an internal and external Homesharing Launch Toolkit; and carried out other projects related to Nesterly’s expansion into Maine, Nashville, and Pittsburgh.
Patrick worked on “OpenHOUse: A Thermodynamic Living System” a prototype for an off-site, climate-responsive manufactured house that can be transported, disassembled, and reassembled. The project, which is based at the University of Houston’s Hines School of Architecture and Design, is one of 12 collegiate teams that received $100,000 in seed funding from the Gateway Decathlon, a competition connected with a redevelopment initiative in St. Louis that seeks to create a new innovation district and hub for the pre-fab building Industry.
Kayla worked with the Policy and Advocacy Team and the Housing Systems Team at Community Solutions, a 2022 Ivory Prize finalist that is working to end homelessness. She conducted in-depth research on resources and funding that partner communities can use to create and preserve affordable housing.
Emily was an Impact Investing Intern at Calvert Impact, an impact investing firm. She led a market review of the affordable housing sector, updated research in segments where Calvert Impact already invests (such as affordable housing lenders, impact-aligned developers) and identified areas for future investment (such as modular construction).
Kelly worked at Connect Homes, a 2022 Ivory Prize semifinalist, that creates and installs modular prefab homes. She worked on a variety of projects related to the development, design, permitting, and production of those units.
