Building strong communities with sustainable, affordable housing

About this episode

The episode discusses how municipalities and housing providers are achieving energy efficiency and affordability in housing.

Emilie Hayes, the lead for sustainable affordable housing at the Green Municipal Fund, and Nancy Simmonds, the CEO for Heartland Housing Foundation, join us to discuss how municipalities and housing providers are proving that energy efficiency and affordability can go … [...]

People in this episode

Guests: Emilie Hayes, Nancy Simmonds

Topics covered

• sustainable housing
• affordable housing
• energy efficiency
• municipalities
• housing providers

Keywords

• sustainable housing
• affordable housing
• energy efficiency
• municipalities
• housing providers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Green Municipal Fund, Heartland Housing Foundation

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