Climate Resiliency
CLPHA's 2024 Policy Priorities: Charting a Ten-Year Roadmap for Public Housing Sustainability
3.19.24
CLPHA is pleased to share our 2024 policy priorities.
Boston Housing Authority, National Grid Agree to Develop Networked Geothermal Heating at Franklin Field Apartments
1.30.24
From Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's press release:
Recording of CLPHA's January 2024 Member Call Now Available
PAHRC/NLIHC Report Confirms Risks to Federally Assisted Housing Posed by Natural Hazards
1.10.24
Up to $1 Billion Available for the Adoption of Building Energy Codes or Zero Energy Codes
$2 Billion in Grants Now Available for Environmental and Climate Justice
EPA Awards $600M for Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grant Program
Large park part of Norfolk’s St. Paul’s redevelopment receives federal funding (Norfolk RHA)
10.10.23
From The Virginian-Pilot:
The city of Norfolk has secured its first federal grant to help offset the cost of building a 20-plus acre park in the St. Paul’s neighborhood that will double as a flooding mitigation tool.
Boston Housing Authority Official Discusses Greenhouse Gas Reduction & Sustainability Initiatives with NBC Boston
10.10.23
From NBC 10 Boston:
It’s been nearly two months since Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, signed an executive order banning fossil fuels from city buildings by the year 2050, and work toward those goals is well underway.
The Boston Housing Authority holds one of the city's largest shares of the city’s greenhouse gas emissions. The BHA’s fossil fuel-free target is even more aggressive — it hopes to be carbon-free by 2030.