{"id":2864,"date":"2020-05-20T12:24:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T16:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/?page_id=2864"},"modified":"2026-06-18T14:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T18:30:29","slug":"housing-communities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/research\/housing-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mission of the <a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.design.ncsu.edu\/ah+sc\/\">Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Initiative<\/a> is to provide educational resources for leaders in government, non-profit organizations and the community to help create innovative, community-engaged, and globally informed solutions to the housing and urban challenges facing North Carolina and beyond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Director: <\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-fancy-paragraph-seventy is-text wp-block-ncst-fancy-paragraph\">\n      \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-fp-accompaniment\">\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-fp-image\">\n  <figure class=\"fancy-paragraph__image-container fancy-paragraph__image-square\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \n        decoding=\"async\"\n        class=\"fp-image wp-image-23278\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/tom-barrie-1024x576-1.jpg\"\n         alt=\"Tom Barrie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/tom-barrie-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/tom-barrie-1024x576-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/tom-barrie-1024x576-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\n          <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-only wp-block-ncst-fp-accompaniment\">\n    \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thomas Barrie, AIA, DPACSA<\/strong><br>Professor of Architecture, Director of Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Initiative<br><a href=\"mailto:tom_barrie@ncsu.edu\">tom_barrie@ncsu.edu<\/a> <br>919.515.8353<\/p>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\n<div class=\"ncst-fancy-paragraph-seventy is-text wp-block-ncst-fancy-paragraph\">\n      \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-fp-accompaniment\">\n    \n<div class=\"wp-block-ncst-fp-image\">\n  <figure class=\"fancy-paragraph__image-container fancy-paragraph__image-square\">\n          <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" \n        decoding=\"async\"\n        class=\"fp-image wp-image-29216\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/sana-ahrar_web-768x768-1.jpg\"\n         alt=\"Sana Ahrar\n\"          style=\"object-position:55% 21%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/sana-ahrar_web-768x768-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/sana-ahrar_web-768x768-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/06\/sana-ahrar_web-768x768-1-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\n          <\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"text-only wp-block-ncst-fp-accompaniment\">\n    \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sana Ahrar, PhD<\/strong><br>Assistant Professor of Architecture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">City Design Graduate Certificate Coordinator<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:sahrar@ncsu.edu\">sahrar@ncsu.edu<\/a><br>                                                                                                                                          <\/p>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, visit the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.design.ncsu.edu\/ah+sc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mission of the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Initiative is to provide educational resources for leaders in government, non-profit organizations and the community to help create innovative, community-engaged, and globally informed solutions to the housing and urban challenges facing North Carolina and beyond. 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