AHF Readers' Choice Awards 2026
Nominations are being accepted until April 3.
Nominate outstanding affordable housing developments for Affordable Housing Finance’s prestigious Readers’ Choice Awards.
AHF is searching for the best affordable housing projects that were completed in 2025 or will be completed in 2026. Eligible projects must be located in the United States or U.S. territories. The finalists will be published in the June/July issue; Affordable Housing Finance subscribers will then vote for the winner in each category, with the winners being honored at AHF Live: The Affordable Housing Developers’ Summit, Nov. 16–18, 2026, in Chicago.
Finalists will be selected based on our assessment of these project characteristics:
Impact on the community by adding substantially to the affordable housing stock or improving the immediate social or economic fabric
Role in overall community revitalization or social change
Sets a new standard or pioneers a new method (taps new funding sources; demonstrates new efficiency in capital costs and/or maintenance/operating costs, etc.)
Employs cost-effective or innovative design and/or construction, including energy efficiency and sustainable development
Offers outstanding social services for tenants
Received broad community support, including state and local government financial assistance
Addresses a unique challenge
Demonstrates creative problem-solving
Evidence of cost-effectiveness, i.e., producing housing at substantially below-market rents or home prices, at a reasonable subsidy per unit.
Categories
Family
(more than 50% of the units are for families)
Historic Rehab
Mixed-Use
Permanent Supportive Housing
Preservation
Public Housing Redevelopment
Rural
(in a place with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants)
Seniors
Urban
For more information about AHF's Readers' Choice Awards, please contact Donna Kimura, Deputy editor of Affordable Housing Finance.