The City of Boston Child-Friendly Housing Design Challenge is an initiative led by the Housing Innovation Lab to provide developers, builders, and property owners with free access to high-quality, small-scale (up to 6 units), conceptual housing designs that are responsive to the needs of families with children under the age of 18 in Boston.

To build this design library, the city is calling for submissions from architects, builders, designers, contractors, and design-build partnerships practicing in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. All designs that meet minimum eligibility criteria will be included in the collection, and winning teams for each site will be awarded $10,000.

For the purposes of this design challenge, “child-friendly” housing is that which, at a minimum, has two or more bedrooms in each unit, laundry facilities in the building, easy access to parking/transit, and safe, visible spaces for children to play. Learn more about the challenge at boston.gov/cfh-design-challenge.

AOP is available on a rolling basis after the completion of a Pilot Round that allows new development teams to apply to become an AOP Developer and to allow for rolling basis of applications indefinitely or until funds are depleted.