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Home Depot Partners with Habitat on Green Affordable Housing

Habitat for Humanity International has partnered with the Home Depot Foundation to create Partners in Sustainable Building, an initiative to encourage green building in affordable housing. The program will offer $30 million over five years to Habitat affiliates to offset the higher first costs of green building in up to 5,000 homes. According to Marty Koistra, senior director of global program design and implementation for Habitat, groups will be able to apply for a $2,000 grant for each home built to Energy Star with Indoor Air Quality standards, and for a $4,000 grant for each home built to higher green standards such as LEED for Homes or regional green building programs such as Earthcraft. The program will also provide training and technical support. A one-year pilot program will begin in 2008, with the larger national program scheduled to launch in early 2009 and continue for four years. More information is available at www.habitat.org/env/default.aspx.

Published April 29, 2008

Wendt, A. (2008, April 29). Home Depot Partners with Habitat on Green Affordable Housing. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/newsbrief/home-depot-partners-habitat-green-affordable-housing

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