SALT LAKE CITY, UT (May 12, 2026) — Ivory Innovations announced today that the City of New Rochelle has been named a co-winner of the 2026 Ivory Prize for Housing Affordability in the Policy category. This recognition highlights the city’s innovative zoning and permitting framework, which has significantly accelerated mixed-income housing production.
The Ivory Prize is awarded annually to organizations that propose scalable solutions to the nation’s housing affordability crisis. The City of New Rochelle shares this year’s Policy category award with the City of Chattanooga. New Rochelle’s Downtown Overlay Zone and form-based codes, along with a streamlined 90-day approval process for compliant projects, have led to the creation of approximately 4,500 new homes since 2020.
Clark Ivory, CEO of Ivory Homes, noted, “New Rochelle is proving that supply-forward local housing policy can help stabilize rents, even in high-growth markets.”
The winners were chosen from over 200 nominations and will be honored at the Ivory Prize Summit in Tempe, Arizona, this October.
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