Discuss current and emerging trends in housing design by viewing the selected projects for the 2007 AIA/HUD Secretary’s Awards. For architects interested in emerging markets in housing, this session provides an insight into how new policies will create opportunities for housing and addresses how regulatory barriers, which affect the housing supply, are changing and how architects can be proactive to client needs in this area.

   Learning objectives:

• Discuss the 2007 AIA/HUD Secretary's Awards recipients’ accomplishments
• Describe the available resources for architects in the affordable housing design and construction areas
• Analyze case studies on affordable housing developments in San Antonio and across the nation