Green/Sustainable Housing

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu recently announced a partnership with The Appraisal Foundation that will help expand access to energy efficiency and building performance information for commercial buildings.

U.S. Representatives Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.) and Ronald Kind (D-Wis.) last week introduced the Renewable Energy for a Brighter Future Act (H.R. 2391).

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is soliciting comments from the public to provide HUD information regarding the Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program NOFA applications. Comments are due by July 25, 2011.

HUD is soliciting comments from potential applicants with regard to the Energy Innovation Fund ““ a new pilot program for increasing the energy efficiency of multifamily housing.

An new report by The Real Estate Roundtable, the U.S. Green Building Council and the Natural Resources Defense Council finds that the Obama Administration’s Better Building Initiative would create more than 114,000 private-sector jobs, 77,000 of which would be in the construction industry.

Please join us July 21-24 at the Harbor View Hotel on Martha’s Vineyard for three days of thought provoking sessions, invaluable networking and relaxation. We will also be hosting our Summer New Markets Tax Credit Symposium immediately prior to the Summer Institute on Wednesday, July 20.

HUD’s Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and Fannie Mae recently announced a joint venture to allow owners of existing affordable rental housing properties to refinance into new mortgages that include funding for energy- and water-saving upgrades, along with other needed property renovations.

NH&RA is pleased to offer the PowerPoint presentations given during the recent 2011 Spring Developers Forum, May 23-24 in Dana Point, CA.

Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) Secretary Raymond A. Skinner announced today the department’s Be SMART (Save Money and Resources Today) initiative, which is primarily a loan program to finance energy efficiency improvements to homes, businesses and multifamily buildings in more than a dozen targeted communities around the state. The $20 million in funding comes from the BetterBuildings program of the U.S. Department of Energy.

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) recently released new guidelines to advise federal decision makers regarding sustainable federal building design, construction, operation and management, and maintenance.

To assist sponsors and owners of Section 202 and Section 811 projects in reducing operating costs, HUD’s Office of Policy Development & Research has published Enhancing Energy Efficiency and Green Building Design in Section 202 and Section 811 Programs.

Join 100+ developers and affordable housing professionals for NH&RA’s Spring Developers Forum, May 23-24 in Dana Point, CA.