The Kansas Better Housing Consortium has completed a range of work with faculty, students, partners, and other stakeholders, seeking to reveal, engage, innovate, build, and evaluate within the ecosystem of housing. This page highlights the projects done by consortium leadership, affiliates, and interdisciplinary teams to advance housing. Use the buttons below to filter projects by category.
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Companion’ Corner: Integrating Senior Independent Housing and Animal Shelter
Stakeholder/Partners: Seniors, Senior Care Centers, Animal Shelters, Architectural firms, Architects, Design Educators Location: Topeka, KS Year/Timeline: 2025 Area of Focus:…
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Brocade Stories: Affinity Co-Housing for Elderly Chinese Immigrants
Stakeholder/Partners: Elderly Chinese Immigrants, Professional Architecture Firms, Architects and Designers, Design Educators Location: Seattle, WA Year/Timeline: 2025 Area of Focus:…
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Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Jill Pable
Please consider attending distinguished lecturer Dr. Jill Pable’s lecture: “Designing Supportive Housing for Health and Lived Experience”. This event will…
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BHC at the 2024 Kansas Housing Conference
The Better Housing Consortium (BHC) is thrilled to announce our participation in the upcoming Kansas Housing Conference in August at…
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Building Codes and Housing Resilience: Homeowners’ Perceptions on Sustainable Rebuilding
Stakeholder/Partners: Study Participants (displaced homeowners in California) Location: 2018-2020 (California), 2021-2024 (Kansas) Timeline: 2018-2024 Area of Focus: Disaster Displacement, Building…
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Hemp in Residential Construction Research
Area of Focus: Architecture, Construction, Bio-based Building Materials Departments Involved: Architecture Executive Summary: Since 2022, Associate Professor Michael Gibson has…
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