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How Sacramento Plans to Change Construction Process to Address Housing Needs

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How Sacramento Plans to Change Construction Process to Address Housing Needs. Due greatly to construction challenges, California’s housing affordability and shortage are noted as one of the country’s most severe. million housing units from 2000 to 2015, according to the National Association of Home Builders. cbroderick.

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Passive House is “In” in 2017

Green Building Law Update

As you consider what’s “in” and what’s “out” in 2017, within the realm of green building, Passive House is in. This “passive” approach, in contrast with active systems based on a constant supply of conditioned air by HVAC systems is the basis of Passive House. Governments in North America are beginning to drive Passive House.

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South Miami Poised to Mandate Solar Panels

Green Building Law Update

The proposed requirement is a first anywhere except in California where there are only a very few locales with a similar mandate. The ordinance is modeled after similar laws enacted in the California municipalities of Lancaster, Sebastopol, and Santa Monica, and the City of San Francisco. The ordinance is here.

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Cracking the code of affordable housing

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Cracking the code of affordable housing 0 qpurcell Fri, 10/20/2023 - 09:03 Affordable Housing Perkins Eastman's affordable housing projects show how designers can help to advance the conversation of affordable housing. His team is writing guidelines for transit-oriented developments that incorporate affordable housing. “As

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Zoning that restricts housing construction also dampens other economic development

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Zoning restrictions are making the construction of housing more difficult, and that is driving up the cost of housing in many cities. They estimate that zoning restrictions reduced U.S. GDP as a whole by 9% percent a year, or roughly $1.5 trillion a year.

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President Obama’s Promise Zones Initiative

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The following post comes from the Office of the Press Secretary for the White House. On January 9, 2014, the President announced the next step in those efforts by naming the first five “Promise Zones.” THE PROMISE ZONES INITIATIVE. so that each partner can work towards improvement and accountability.

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Building for better fire resilience in WUI zones

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Yet, building in wildland urban interface (WUI) zones continues at a fast pace. WUI zones are areas of transition between unoccupied land and human development, where structures and other human development meet or intermingle with undeveloped wildland or vegetative fuels. 1 Why are people still building, and rebuilding in WUI zones?

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