The Best in American Living Award (BALA) - 2007

The Best in American Living Award (BALA) jury and HUD judges, (Andrea Vrankar, Architect and Engineer, Cleveland's Office of Public Housing, and Stephen D. Shelley, Supervisory Project Manager, Chicago's Office of Housing) recommend the following three projects as Gold or Silver Award recipients of the Eleventh Annual BALA/HUD Secretary's Award for Excellence:

Gold Award

• Roanoke and Lee Street Housing - Blacksburg, Virginia
• Falcon Crest - Palm Desert, California

Silver Award

• Nevada Court "High Performance Affordable Homes" - Denton, Texas