![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/88cad909-fbbf-4c1b-85c3-b4742a42e28c/9fdd333c-97f1-48f8-940b-b423f34cfda2_rw_1920.png?h=44d87b8e4cec52b7a6c24dec46aa8a3b)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/88cad909-fbbf-4c1b-85c3-b4742a42e28c/da2af0e9-4de7-4406-bee0-e7638db90792_rw_1200.png?h=e208ef7e2c3779a00734f9131947d99d)
![sample page](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/88cad909-fbbf-4c1b-85c3-b4742a42e28c/098a3298-e196-4726-b827-73da521b81dc_rw_1200.png?h=cba9c5da5ac8d8672801e6c7f5d0f128)
sample page
![sample page](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/88cad909-fbbf-4c1b-85c3-b4742a42e28c/6ffbb736-75b4-4f33-b9de-2aa0f50a3d34_rw_1200.png?h=49ad29893db3e0ea20db1f9f82ed4b66)
sample page
![sample page](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/88cad909-fbbf-4c1b-85c3-b4742a42e28c/d5d2cb4e-759b-4dd5-8543-7af2246534fb_rw_1200.png?h=460cb0b70ea9cd10608bf29bca658923)
sample page
![sample page](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/88cad909-fbbf-4c1b-85c3-b4742a42e28c/60d8a5ce-364b-4f5f-9b5e-df97e1c26578_rw_1920.png?h=cc3fc661c0bf5e1df919709836707398)
sample page
![sample page](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/88cad909-fbbf-4c1b-85c3-b4742a42e28c/f20704fd-749d-4e92-9d1d-41408b4931c5_rw_1200.png?h=cd216a75e7c99d925d4c19298527b9d3)
sample page
![sample page](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/88cad909-fbbf-4c1b-85c3-b4742a42e28c/65463635-edb5-467b-af8d-038632621269_rw_1200.png?h=e1b75aa458111a49c0083b44430cda26)
Development Heuristics for Affordable Housing was a partnership with a local non-profit development corporation (LA Housing Lab), the School of Architecture’s Sustainable Development Lab (SDLab) and the University’s chapter of the National Organization of Minority Students (NOMAS). Collaboratively these groups developed a graphically accessible booklet designed to guide students into the process of working with a team that is pursing funding for a project. The draft booklet describes a series of best practice heuristics and processes through a range of topics related to the development of affordable housing. The graphically accessible descriptions cover the key steps in beginning an affordable housing project and as well as a range of related topics including definitions, heuristics, precedents and zoning, and density principles. It is meant to be a resource for future students to use while working on actual affordable housing development projects in collaboration with the LA Housing Lab and the SDLab.