What Is Affordable Housing?

Envisioning Development

What Is Affordable Housing?

What Is Zoning?

Envisioning Development

What Is Zoning?

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Mean Streets

City Studies

Mean Streets

Housing Court Help

Public Access Design

Housing Court Help

From Shelter to Apartment

Making Policy Public

From Shelter to Apartment

Announcing our new board co-chairs

Announcing our new board co-chairs

Meet our co-chairs! Sabrina Hall and Ariel Fausto bring different backgrounds and perspectives to the CUP board, but both are committed to the power of design to make positive change.

Ariel Fausto is a Principal at the nationally-recognized design firm H3. As a design leader specializing in architecture for the arts, culture and public space, Ariel is interested in design that connects people to the arts, their community and each other.  From Lincoln Center Theater’s new LCT3 to a new maritime museum in Biloxi Mississippi, Ariel spearheads some of the firm’s most ambitious projects.  He studied Environmental Design as an undergraduate at Texas A&M University, and went on to receive a Masters of Architecture from MIT.

Sabrina Hall is a Senior Product Design Manager at Etsy. With a career spanning over fourteen years, she currently teaches at City Tech, and was co-chair of AIGA NY’s Mentoring program. Sabrina is passionate about writing and speaking on accessibility in design, creating opportunities for emerging designers and advocating for equity within the field of design.

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

Urban Investigations

Are You Ready for a Ruckus?

What's in the Water?

Making Policy Public

What's in the Water?

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

Public Access Design

Language Rights are Civil Rights!

Figuring Out Health Insurance

Making Policy Public

Figuring Out Health Insurance

What Is Affordable Housing?

Envisioning Development

What Is Affordable Housing?

Carbon City

City Studies

Carbon City

New School on the Block

City Studies

New School on the Block

Welcome to Health Care!

Making Policy Public

Welcome to Health Care!