green building

More and more cities and states have plans to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions in housing. Here’s how we can avoid possible harms to renters.

There’s no one way to determine what makes “green” housing. Here’s a breakdown of the standards and considerations used by the affordable housing industry.

Neighborhoods on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro face a multitude of challenges, including social and racial inequity, and a lack of public services. This organization is hoping to prove that solar energy can benefit neighborhoods, lower electric bills, and provide jobs.

Accessibility for this challenging disability can look different from other measures—but addressing it could help improve everyone’s health. 

Home modifications vary greatly in form and cost, a challenge for disabled residents whose homes aren’t accessible to them.

COVID-19 is quickly changing how we think about the places we live, and about how we will design the new normal. Green building must be part of that vision.

By building energy-efficient properties, Habitat reduces heating costs and frees up more than $100 each month for homeowners.

Orness Plaza is one of the only public housing developments geared toward seniors and the disabled in Mankato, Minn., the state’s fourth largest city. Although the city boasts significant economic […]

Partnerships between utility companies and affordable rental housing owners are ripe for development, when the right switch is flipped.

Enterprise Community Partners has formed the National Multifamily Energy Services Collaborative intended to “design and implement a full suite of green services to help older multifamily properties realize the significant […]

Shelterforce speaks with Shelley Poticha, director of HUD’s Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, about implementing sustainable policy at the federal level while encouraging local innovation, keeping down the cost of green housing, and effecting change while dealing with federal government bureaucracy.

In Virginia, a statewide incentive program has put new affordable housing projects out in front of most market-rate developers when it comes to green design.