A more equitable future, built from the ground up.

In 2020, Terner Center leaders founded Terner Labs as an independent nonprofit to scale housing innovation across the industry and advance systems-level change.

Since then, Terner Labs has become a go-to resource for innovators working on affordability, sustainability, and construction innovation–including through the Housing Venture Lab and the pilot Builders Lab, accelerator programs that have provided more than 30 organizations with seed funding, coaching, and network access to support their work on housing affordability.

In 2022, based on our past work on the cost of construction, Terner Labs launched its first tool for policymakers and researchers: the Housing Policy Simulator. This groundbreaking tool allows users to simulate the effects of various policies on the financial feasibility of housing development, supporting policymakers to make evidence-based housing policy decisions. The Simulator is now in development or use in more than 35 cities across the United States.

Five years after its founding, Terner Labs continues to work closely with the Terner Center, drawing on research and policy expertise to identify promising innovations. Together, we work toward shared objectives of increasing supply and affordability, expanding access and equity, and spurring innovation in housing policy and practice.

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