Housing Innovation Collaborative

In 2021, Acorn made news for another capital market first – launching two real estate investment trusts (REITs) that act as a ‘virtuous self-financing cycle’ – with the development or “D-REIT” acquiring land and developing new housing, and the investment or “I-IREIT” buying the operational asset as a long-term investment, thereby replenishing the D-REIT to go and buy more land and build more housing. The D-REIT was the first REIT of its kind in the world, as well as being the first student accommodation REIT in Africa and the first to issue on the OTC segment of the Nairobi Securities Exchange.

⚡️Learn more about Acorn, the Kenyan housing market, and the 2 financing models by watching our newest Essential Housing Campaign episode on the HICo Youtube Channel! ⚡️Link in bio ⬆️▶️
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One of the biggest challenges of creating more affordable housing is finding the land to do so - especially in high density cities like Los Angeles.
Charlie Perla’s solution is to use the air space over freeways to build more homes!

To learn more about DMS PERLA’s design for Airspace Homes watch the full Essential Housing Campaign episode on our YouTube channel⚡️🚗🏡🏙

SKID GROW🌱: Learn more about Adam Sokol's visionary neighborhood redevelopment proposal to transform Skid Row into a mixed-income neighborhood that houses all 10,000 people currently unhoused in the area, in addition to 40k more residents across 26k new housing units. Watch now on the HiCo Youtube channel!

Proposed and presented by Los Angeles-based architect, Adam Sokol, Founder and Principal of ASAP (Adam Sokol Architecture Practice) adam sokol architecture practice pllc

While the process continues to follow the trend of off-site construction due to its many benefits in saving time, money, and waste, there are still certain challenges a faces in "going " presented by Optimum Modular Solutions.

Watch the full video here: https://bit.ly/3EErjZ9