{"id":11795,"date":"2016-02-13T00:12:49","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T00:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sds.parsons.edu\/urban\/?p=11795"},"modified":"2016-02-13T00:12:49","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T00:12:49","slug":"using-games-to-challenge-the-gridlock-on-fair-and-affordable-housing-in-westchester-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parsons.edu\/urban\/2016\/02\/13\/using-games-to-challenge-the-gridlock-on-fair-and-affordable-housing-in-westchester-county\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Games to Challenge the Gridlock on Fair and Affordable Housing in Westchester County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sds.parsons.edu\/blog\/using-games-to-challenge-the-gridlock-on-fair-and-affordable-housing-in-westchester-county\/lead_large\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14024\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14024\" src=\"http:\/\/sds.parsons.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2016\/02\/lead_large.jpg\" alt=\"lead_large\" width=\"620\" height=\"389\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Design and Urban Ecologies and Theories of Urban Practice professors Adam Lubinski and William Morrish challenge the gridlock of fair and affordable housing in Westchester County by using a game. The game allows\u00a0community members, developers and affordable housing advocates to rapidly prototype affordable housing in Westchester County &#8211; this type of rapid prototyping allows stakeholders to ask critical if-then questions and to ultimately make more informed choices about affordable housing thereafter.<\/p>\n<p>Their work was recently recognized\u00a0in City Lab: to read more about their game and how it is impacting affordable development, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.citylab.com\/housing\/2016\/02\/game-westchester-build-affordable-housing\/460338\/\">\u00a0visit their site<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Design and Urban Ecologies and Theories of Urban Practice professors Adam Lubinski and William Morrish challenge the gridlock of fair and affordable housing in Westchester County by using a game. 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