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Market map: the 200+ innovative startups transforming affordable housing
Daniel Wu
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Dan Wu is a privacy counsel and legal engineer at Immuta. He holds a JD from Harvard University, and is a PhD candidate for Social Policy and Sociology at The Harvard Kennedy School.
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In this section of my exploration into innovation in inclusive housing, I am digging into the 200+ companies impacting the key phases of developing and managing housing.
Innovations have reduced costs in the most expensive phases of the housing development and management process. I explore innovations in each of these phases, including construction, land, regulatory, financing, and operational costs.
- Reducing Construction Costs
- Reducing Land Costs
- Reducing Regulatory Costs
- Reducing Financing Costs
- Operations
Reducing Construction Costs
This is one of the top three challenges developers face, exacerbated by rising building material costs and labor shortages.
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RAD is a new system to help the visually impaired play racing games
A PhD candidate in Computer Science at Columbia Engineering, Brian A. Smith, created a new system for blind gamers who want to get a little racing in. The system, called racing auditory display or RAD, is truly amazing. It lets the visually impaired play racing games without “seeing” the screen. Instead, the audio output tells the player when they’re getting closer to an edge… Read More
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