Innovative Urbanism Symposium

{"version":"0.3.0","atoms":[],"cards":[],"markups":[],"sections":[[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"The Spokane University District Development Association (UDDA) and AIA Spokane are pleased to announce a partnership exploring the many facets of urban development. The partnership\u0027s First Annual Innovative Urbanism Symposium (IUS) will focus on innovations in housing.Housing is a pressing problem facing the entire country. According to the National Association of Realtors, active listings for homes nationwide are down 22% with inventories in December of 2022 at the lowest level ever recorded. Since 2008, growth in the nationwide housing inventory has seen a steady decline which has created an estimated housing gap of 5.5 million to 6.8 million housing units in the US (there were 1.6 million new construction housing starts in 2021)."],[0,[],0,"In this first Symposium, we will ask and discuss how we can address the growing gap in a thoughtful, innovative, and equitable manner? The program will feature regional experts in the economics of housing, the ecology of housing, community-informed housing design, and innovations in ownership and affordability."]]]]}