In November 2025, ULI’s Terwilliger Center for Housing announced five housing award winners: two winners received this year’s Jack Kemp Excellence in Affordable and Workforce Housing Award, and three winners received the Terwilliger Center Award for Innovation in Attainable Housing.

ULI SF is thrilled to share that a Bay Area project, The Kelsey Ayer Station in San José, won one of three Terwilliger Center Awards for Innovation in Attainable Housing. Kelsey Ayer Station includes 115 apartments for residents earning 20% to 80% of AMI, with 25% of units reserved for people with disabilities. Designed for cross-disability access and inclusive community living, the $75 million development features amenities such as a sensory garden, craft space, fitness room, dog run, and wellness terrace. On-site Inclusion Concierge staff offer personalized support, resource referrals, and relationship-building among residents.

Across the award winners, public policy played a decisive role in enabling ambitious, high-impact housing developments. In San José, The Kelsey Ayer Station relied on a layered stack of local funding with 55-year affordability covenants, California’s SB35 streamlined approvals, the state’s Transit-Oriented Development and Mixed-Income programs, and federal HUD Section 811 rental assistance to pioneer inclusive, disability-forward housing.

Learn more about the Terwilliger Center and this year’s award-winning developments here.