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A Quarter of American Homeowners Are Considered ‘House Poor'

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are considered “house poor,” meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on housing costs. The study revealed that Miami, Los Angeles, and New York City have the highest share of “house poor” residents, with more than four in 10 homeowners in each city exhausting their household incomes on housing costs. percent in 2015 to 26.5

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Housing Affordability Affects Housing Choice

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NAHB Housing Policy Briefing | NAHB encourages policymakers to focus on incentives for local governments to embrace new housing developments, including affordable low-income and workforce housing. National Association of Home Builders. 2020 Single-Family Starts Mirrored Builder Confidence. For more, visit nahb.org. . Government + Policy.

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HUD Announces Plans to Reintroduce Obama-Era Rule to Combat Housing Discrimination

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Department of Housing and Urban Development announced on Thursday that it plans to reinstate and strengthen the Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing rule, a provision of the Fair Housing Act of 1968 that was introduced by President Barack Obama's administration in 2015 and later cut by the Trump administration.

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Enterprise Green Communities Criteria Being Updated

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In 2015 the use of LEED v4 will become mandatory, a new 2015 International Green Construction Code will be available, an updated ASHRAE 189.1 will be published, the new ICC 700 National Green Building Standard will be approved, and there will be a 2015 Enterprise Green Communities Criteria.

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Pennsylvania is First State to offer Tax Credit for Passive House

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Pennsylvania is the first state to offer tax credits for low income Passive House building. Applications submitted under the PennHOMES and low income housing tax credit program are scored and ranked in accordance with a numerical criteria. No points are available for LEED projects.

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Nevada Stops Subsidizing Net Metering

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In the final days of 2015, Nevada became the front line in the looming nationwide fight over energy policy when the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada altered rates for net metering impacting homeowners with rooftop photovoltaic panels. But the retail rate is at an actual loss to the monopoly utility. It is not good energy policy.

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Wisconsin Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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FINANCING & GRANTS. Business Opportunity Loan Fund: Financing options ranging from loans to loan guaranties for businesses making investments to expand in or relocate to Wisconsin. Historic Preservation Tax Credit: State income tax credit for 20% of the qualified rehabilitation expenditures for eligible buildings.