The 2025 Inspire Fund Awardees have been selected! See more information about their projects below.
Project Title: “Enhancing Feasibility and Evaluation for the Housing Choice Voucher Homeownership Program in King County”
Team: Vince Wang (Runstad Department of Real Estate), Zhongmin Evy Luo (PhD student, Built Environments), Kristin Pace (KCHA)
Project Title: “Wildfire Smoke Readiness of Low-Income Households in Seattle”
Amos Darko (Construction Management), Alvina Ekua Ntefua Saah (PhD Student, College of Built Environments)
Project Title: “Equitable Public Electric Vehicle Charging in Seattle: A Baseline Data Mining Approach for Public Capital Planning”
Chris Lee (Construction Management), Lingzi Wu (Construction Management), Abdul-Razak Alidu (PhD student, College of Built Environments)
Project Title: “Right Here, Right Now: Building Sustainability and Resilience through the RAC Model for Equitable Community-University Partnerships”
Rachel Berney (Urban Design and Planning, RAC Co-Director), Jen Davison (RAC Co-Director, Kate Landis (Urban@UW Program Manager)