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HUD and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) have announced the adoption of the updated Minimum Energy Standards for new single and multifamily homes. The vast majority of HUD-financed units that will be built to the updated standards are single-family...
From the Seattle Times:
Washington state will receive more than $156 million to launch programs to provide rooftop solar and other forms of solar energy to people with lower incomes and on the front lines of climate change.
The Environmental Protection Agency announced a total of $7 billion...
From Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's press release:
Mayor Michelle Wu joined the Boston Housing Authority (BHA) and National Grid to announce that Franklin Field Apartments has been selected for National Grid’s Networked Geothermal Demonstration Program. The project will be the first networked...
Meeting topics include various updates from CLPHA on HUD policy and programs and the latest developments in Washington, D.C., including FY24 appropriations, HUD's 30-day eviction notice proposal, the HCV success rate dashboard, new green funding, Small Area FMRs, and more.
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A new funding opportunity provides up to $1 billion for states and “units of local government with the authority to adopt building energy codes to adopt and implement the latest building energy codes, zero energy building codes, or equivalent codes or standards.” The funding is the latest tranche...
PHAs can apply to EPA’s Community Change Grants Program; funds available for a wide range of purposes
The EPA is accepting applications on a rolling basis for $2 billion in Inflation Reduction Act funding available to support community-driven projects that build capacity for communities to tackle...
PHAs will be able to apply for subgrants in Summer 2024
The U.S. EPA has awarded $600 million to 11 Grantmakers as part of the Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grant Program, which will reduce barriers to federal funds and issue thousands of environmental justice grants over the next...
From NBC 10 Boston:
It’s been nearly two months since Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, signed an executive order banning fossil fuels from city buildings by the year 2050, and work toward those goals is well underway.
The Boston Housing Authority holds one of the city's largest shares of the city’...
A recent blog post from the Urban Institute’s Housing Matters Initiative examines how housing policy can help address intensifying climate change through the lens of the Washington, D.C. region. Building energy consumption accounts for 74% of all emissions in D.C., while residential energy use...
HUD has launched an interactive, dynamic Funding Navigator to help connect PHAs to the numerous climate resiliency programs that are currently available. The Funding Navigator allows users to filter the programs shown to narrow the search for funding to meet the...