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Building Hope: Innovative Pathways for Attainable Housing
The Housing Innovation Summit, themed “Building Hope: Innovative Pathways for Attainable Housing,” is a crucial and timely gathering of leaders committed to addressing one of America’s most pressing challenges: the growing gap between housing costs and incomes. As millions of Americans—especially middle- and lower-income families, essential workers, young professionals, and aging adults—struggle to find safe, affordable places to live, the need for practical, scalable housing innovation has become a national priority.
This summit will convene a diverse coalition of developers, policymakers, designers, faith-based partners, impact investors, and advocates to explore and promote bold solutions for this critical issue.
Affordability pressures are escalating from urban centers to rural towns, locking out even middle-income earners from homeownership or stable rental options. To meet this challenge, new financing tools and innovative lending models are essential to help more Americans access affordable homes and sustainable rental opportunities. At the same time, there is a need for more cost-efficient and environmentally responsible housing formats that conserve resources and support walkable, transit-oriented communities. Meanwhile, zoning reform is sweeping across states and municipalities, opening new doors for ADUs, micro-homes, and missing-middle housing to take root. And perhaps most significantly, consumer demand is redefining the very idea of home, with rising interest in compact, mobile, and efficient living that aligns with modern values around lifestyle, affordability, and community.
Policy and regulatory innovations are critical to creating access to more affordable and attainable housing for the American people. The newly introduced bipartisan ROAD to Housing Act of 2025, officially the Renewing Opportunity in the American Dreams (ROAD) to Housing Act 2025, is a comprehensive housing bill proposed by Senator Tim Scott ( R-SC) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). The ROAD to Housing Act of 2025 exemplifies the type of forward-thinking policy required to create a dialogue and pave the pathway towards more affordable and attainable housing.
The Housing Innovation Summit is a timely forum. It serves as a launchpad for new housing ideas, solutions, and ongoing dialogue between leaders and innovators in the housing industry. Through curated sessions, immersive panels, and real-world case studies, participants will gain the insights and relationships needed to scale solutions and mobilize capital, policy, and design in transformative ways. The summit’s agenda is designed to frame the conversation and drive the movement, with key topics that connect innovation with action.
Together, these conversations can shape a future where attainable housing is the norm, not the exception. For those dedicated to solving the housing crisis, this is an invitation to “build hope” and drive a movement toward solutions that affect millions of Americans.
Who Should Attend?
The iiBIG Housing Innovation Summit brings together the visionaries, innovators, and decision-makers shaping the future of attainable housing. This is a convening of leaders across industries who recognize that solving America’s housing crisis requires collaboration, creativity, and capital.
Whether you are a real estate investor or developer seeking scalable opportunities, a mortgage lender or financial institution exploring new lending models, or a fintech innovator building tools to expand access to credit, this Summit is designed for you.
Urban planners, housing policy leaders, and local officials will discover actionable insights to integrate innovation into community strategies, while nonprofits, faith-based organizations, and mission-driven builders will gain partnerships to amplify their impact. Architects, modular home designers, construction experts, and prefab manufacturers will showcase and learn about design and building solutions that drive affordability and resilience.
Summit Themes
The iiBIG 2025 Housing Innovation Summit is designed around five core themes that reflect the urgency, complexity, and opportunity in the current housing landscape. Each theme will guide the content, conversations, and collaborations throughout the day—ensuring participants leave with insight and direction for real-world impact.
01. Policy & Regulatory Transformation
Solving for housing affordability requires rethinking the policies that determine what gets built and where. The Summit will examine zoning reform, financing structures, and bipartisan initiatives, providing a platform to promote policy innovation at the local, state, and federal levels.
02. Scalable, Community-Rooted Innovation
At the heart of the Summit is a commitment to housing models that work at the neighborhood level. Sessions will showcase practical, human-centered innovations that can be replicated and scaled across diverse communities.
03. Cross-Sector Collaboration
Addressing the housing crisis requires new partnerships across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors. The Summit will showcase successful collaborations and will encourage alliances among developers, faith leaders, investors, government representatives, and community advocates to unlock land, capital, and capacity through a shared vision and strategy.
04. Purpose-Driven Investment & Impact
Affordable housing is not just a market issue: it’s a mission. This theme centers on impact capital, philanthropic funding, and creative finance models that align profit with purpose, enabling housing that’s both attainable and resilient for those who need it most.
05. Digital Solutions & Housing Innovation
Technology is reshaping how we plan, finance, and deliver housing. This theme will explore digital platforms, data-driven tools, AI applications, and smart technologies that improve housing accessibility, streamline financing, enhance construction efficiency, and empower communities with innovative digital solutions for the future of housinng.