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Check out the Living Future Institute's Affordable Housing Toolkit

Allison Friedman MA, United States 0 Ratings 103 Discussions 131 Group posts

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Check out the Living Future Institute's Affordable Housing Toolkit

The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) has created an Affordable Housing Toolkit.

"Everyone, regardless of economic status, should have access to housing that is healthy, safe, affordable and environmentally sound. By working with national partners, agencies and communities, we will ensure that healthy homes are affordable."

How can the Living Building Challenge be implenented for multi-family affordable housing projects? Check out the toolkit!

Components include a five-part in-demand webinar and the following::

Materials List

Specification Resources

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Sourcing Guide

The Living Building Challenge has also created an Affordable Housing Pilot Project, planned to run August 2015 - June 2017. To learn more about the pilot program and abou the tookit:

http://living-future.org/international-strongliving-futurestrong-institute/research/browse-reports/affordable-housing

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