July 2007 Volume 2, Issue 7

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Mid-Year Underwriting Push & Raising Environmental Consciousness

At the mid-point of the year, we typically think of the sun: how to get out into it more often or how to get out of it altogether and cool off. For us at CHC, it’s the time to call attention to heat in terms of our mid-year membership/ underwriting push as well as to the promise of energy efficiency and ‘green’ approaches to affordable housing production...

Making Green Building Affordable for Affordable Housing

With media coverage of environmental issues increasing steadily – from global warming to energy efficiency and renewable energy sources – California’s affordable housing sector is uniquely poised to demonstrate how innovations can have a beneficial impact on our environment and our quality of life...

CHC Member Profile: SOLARA Village by Community HousingWorks

Completed in March 2007, Community HousingWorks’ SOLARA Affordable Housing Village sets a new and exciting standard in the energy efficiency in multi-family development. Sited along a major transit artery in North County San Diego, the project is adjacent to existing market rate rental housing and a growing commercial center... Read more in the newsletter file below.

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