Podcast: Innovation in Housing with Margaret Whelan

In Season 4, Episode 5 of the Housing Innovation Alliance’s Podcast we sat down with Margaret Whelan, CEO of Whelan Advisory Capital Markets, to discuss Innovation in Housing. Margaret is passionate about the opportunities for innovation across the U.S. housing industry — and she’s a Keynote speaker at our Housing Innovation Summit, where she’ll talk about leaving … Read more

Innovation is Alive + Well in Scottsdale

On September 19, 2022 leaders from across the nation who are helping to shape the future of housing gathered in Scottsdale for a full day of activities. 40+ strong, they explored innovation in trade management, 3D factories in the field, design + installation of air distribution, information modeling + robotics enabled plumbing installations + mobile-ready … Read more

The Road Trip group at MiTek office

Meet Me in St. Louis – the Alliance June Road Trip

Andddd… we’re back! After an incredibly long, seems-like-eons break from in-person events, the Alliance Team ventured to St. Louis last month to see what innovators are doing in the Gateway to the West. We weren’t disappointed. McCormack Baron Salazar We explored + discussed: Mixed income, mixed use, adaptive reuse + townhome projects Creative financing models … Read more

IC Road Map: 3rd Tues Event Recap

We’re working with a team of industry rockstars on what we’re calling the “IC Road Map” – a living document that outlines a successful transition of a builder’s overall business —not just the construction silo—to fully integrate IC into its operations and reap all of the benefits. You can check out our recent ProBuilder article … Read more

3rd Tuesday: Industrialization + Change Management

A Roadmap to Industrialized Construction Industrialized construction – aka offsite, factory-built, etc. – has to date puttered along as a bit player in the construction of single-family homes — representing roughly 3% of new-home production in 2020. The problem is that few people know where or how to start making the switch. Even worse, some … Read more

Off-Site Member-Only Resources

The Alliance has been looking at off-site construction with the production homebuilding community in mind since 2017.  This page contains members-only resources, including an initial research report on the state of the industry that we developed after a live roundtable event with 130 senior executives from across the housing value chain, a follow up report … Read more