Community Catalyst Report

Environmentally Sustainable Affordable Housing

The 2007 ULI/Shaw Forum on Urban Community Issues addressed a topic of increasing interest to the affordable housing community: What can be done to make environmentally sustainable affordable housing the standard practice of the day? Pairing green building with affordable housing is a natural fit.

Deborah Myerson

2008

Themes:

Affordable Housing, Environmental Sustainability

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