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Report Nov 14, 2023
As the frequency and severity of weather and climate hazards rises, fully understanding and planning for their potential impact on affordable housing is critical. This report examines the risks that natural hazards pose to federally assisted housing and its residents using Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (NRI).

Authored by: A joint report by The Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation & The National Low Income Housing Coalition
Topics: Environmental Resiliency/Climate Change, Housing
Shared by Molli Caite Hughes on Nov 14, 2023
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Research May 25, 2023
We all want to live in a community where everyone has access to safe drinking water, green parks, and a reliable transit system. Strong infrastructure is key to ensuring communities have access to these necessities. But this is not everyone’s reality today. For decades, barriers like residential segregation have fueled a lack of investment and inadequate and failing infrastructure in places where Black, Latino, and Indigenous people live today. These inequities create barriers to good health. Investing in infrastructure—the building blocks of our communities—can transform communities so...

Authored by: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Topics: Environmental Resiliency/Climate Change, Green, Health, Racial inequalities, Research, Transportation
Shared by Sandra Ware on May 25, 2023
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Webinar Apr 11, 2023
CLPHA and the U.S. Department of Energy hosted a webinar to provide PHAs with an overview of climate resiliency funds now available through the Office of State and Community Energy Programs. Dr. Henry McKoy joined the webinar and gave details on applying for various environmental resiliency funds now available.

Authored by: Malcolm Guy
Topics: Environmental Resiliency/Climate Change, Green, Sustainability
Shared by Malcolm Guy on Apr 11, 2023
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Podcast Mar 29, 2023
Climate change will affect everyone, so what measures can U.S. communities take now to adapt and thrive? From water-saving landscapes to strategic retreats from hazard-prone areas, experts Colleen Moore and Alexis St. Juliana explore a range of promising responses they’ve identified and explain why historically vulnerable communities must be part of the solutions.

Authored by: Colleen Moore and Alexis St. Juliana for Abt Associates
Topics: Community development, Energy, Environmental Resiliency/Climate Change, Green, Housing, Low-income, Research, Sustainability
Shared by Sandra Ware on Mar 30, 2023
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Case study Feb 9, 2023
The following are case studies of NYCHA energy efficiency decarbonization programs. More information about the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) various sustainability programs can be found in our Sustainability Agenda.

Authored by: NYCHA and CLPHA
Topics: Energy, Environmental Resiliency/Climate Change, Housing, Sustainability
Shared by Sandra Ware on Feb 9, 2023
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Publication Oct 27, 2022
To solve the housing crisis, funders must take collective action to simultaneously solve the climate crisis and prioritize those who have had the least to do with creating either.

Authored by: Dana Bourland for the Stanford Social Innovation Review
Topics: Advocacy, Environmental Resiliency/Climate Change, Green, Housing, Lead, Low-income, Racial inequalities
Shared by Sandra Ware on Jan 3, 2023
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Webinar Sep 13, 2022
View this webinar to learn more about actions public housing authorities can take to promote environmental resiliency in their communities. We first heard from Natalie Hildt Treat, senior policy advisor for Building Electrification Initiative at Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM). Treat discussed NESCAUM’s efforts in the field of environmental resiliency, including her work helping states harness the power of clean, efficient electric building technologies to meet their climate and air quality goals. Next, we heard a case study about how the Municipal Housing...

Authored by: Housing Is
Topics: Energy, Environmental Resiliency/Climate Change, Green, Healthy homes, Housing Is Working Group, Sustainability
Shared by Camille Anoll-Hunter on Sep 14, 2022