A new article from The Washington Informer by Mya Trujillo features DC Green Bank’s work financing resilient affordable housing:
While government funding for affordable and green housing projects may be slim, stakeholders in the region, such as D.C. Green Bank (DCGB), are helping advance sustainable and accessible housing. Dedicated to the mission of building a thriving, more equitable city through accelerating the transition to clean energy, this tool provides businesses and institutions with financing solutions that help ease the adoption of eco-friendly systems such as solar energy, energy-efficient buildings, transportation electrification and stormwater resilience.
“What’s really amazing about the District is that the nation’s capital has been pioneering ways to approach that work,” DCGB CEO Brandi Colander told The Informer. “We are really excited to be a part of the ability to help people make those dreams come true by helping them to finance that… in a way that reduces the friction and makes sure we’re building the right thing for the long term.”
Read the full article at: https://www.washingtoninformer.com/dc-green-housing-initiative/