Green Affordable Housing




HousingPolicy.org Out Loud show

Summary: In this month's podcast we hear from two of the nation's leading experts on green building. Special guest Dana Bourland, senior program director for the Green Communities Initiative at Enterprise Community Partners, highlights how Enterprise's Green Communities Criteria provide affordable housing developers with proven, cost-effective standards for creating healthy and energy-efficient homes. Also in this episode, Paul Freitag, development studio director for Jonathan Rose Companies, discusses David and Joyce Dinkins Gardens, Harlem's first green building for low-income families, and the many ways that the development benefits its residents, the community and the environment.