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Utah competition seeks big solutions to affordable housing

The hope is that Ivory Prize winners will bring their innovations to Utah.

(Courtesy of Salt Lake City Planning Department). New accessory dwelling units — like this backyard unit in Salt Lake City — are seen as a way to ease Utah's housing shortage, but they aren't always easy to build. An Atlanta Ga. company and finalist in Utah's Ivory Prize competition aims to streamline the complicated process to increase housing stock and affordability.

(Courtesy of Salt Lake City Planning Department). New accessory dwelling units — like this backyard unit in Salt Lake City — are seen as a way to ease Utah's housing shortage, but they aren't always easy to build. An Atlanta Ga. company and finalist in Utah's Ivory Prize competition aims to streamline the complicated process to increase housing stock and affordability.