Making Affordable Housing Greener, Healthier, and More Resilient
Housing Sustainability Collaborative is a forum of over 30 member organizations – both developers (multifamily and single-family) and lenders – to ready their property and lending portfolios for decarbonization and climate finance.
Geographic impact of readiness member support
Readiness Areas
- Multifamily Developer Pipeline Development: Support developer/owner members to assess their portfolios and identify specific properties for decarbonization project scopes with technical assistance partners.
- CDFI Pipeline Development: Develop CDFI capacity for green underwriting by reviewing portfolios to identify and develop qualified projects and assess organizational capacity.
- Solar Investment Tax Credit: Develop tax structuring and financing strategies for several solar project typologies common among housing non-profits and CDFIs, focusing on enabling use of the Direct Pay provision to the Renewable Energy Investment Tax Credit (Solar ITC).
Resources
For Multifamily Providers:
- Readiness - Action Steps for Decarbonizing Multifamily Housing
- Multifamily Portfolio Screening Method
- Multifamily Portfolio Screening Worksheet
For Lenders:
