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Working to Improve Access to Affordable Housing

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Fri, 10/01/2021 - 06:00. Multifamily construction posted double-digit percentage gains in small metro core and suburban areas during the second quarter of 2021, while multifamily building activity in large metro areas decreased. in small metro suburban areas in Q2 2021, year over year, and 14.3% in Q1 2021 to 38.7%

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Working to Improve Access to Affordable Housing

Pro Builder

Fri, 10/01/2021 - 06:00. Multifamily construction posted double-digit percentage gains in small metro core and suburban areas during the second quarter of 2021, while multifamily building activity in large metro areas decreased. in small metro suburban areas in Q2 2021, year over year, and 14.3% in Q1 2021 to 38.7%

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Pittsburgh is Booming Despite High Lumber Costs and Labor Shortage

Pro Builder

Thu, 07/08/2021 - 12:00. The number of building permits issued for new home construction in the six-county area around Pittsburgh jumped 37% through May of this year, according to a report by Tall Timber Group, a Ross Township-based construction industry consulting firm. Lynn Foltz, a Washington County developer and builder.

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Electrical Component Shortage Requires Action

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Shortages of single-phase transformers and other components are preventing local jurisdictions from issuing building permits because there is no way to provide power to new homes. Orders for transformers and other switchgear that previously took two to four months to fill are now taking more than a year.

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Nevada Stops Subsidizing Net Metering

Green Building Law Update

Note that this occurred in the same week that Congress extended the 30% federal investment credit for solar through 2021, which in large measure benefits the same banks and corporate investors. And Nevada is not alone, Hawaii cut its net metering rate by half in October.

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Maryland Adopts 42 New Environmental Laws in 2021

Green Building Law Update

The 442nd session of the Maryland legislature adjourned on April 12, 2021. The Maryland Attorney General recently issued an opinion concluding that the placement of a protective easement on an already existing forest, as opposed to intentionally created or restored forest, does not qualify for forest mitigation banking. Enforcement.

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Maryland Bans Polystyrene and Enacts 31 other New Environmental Laws

Green Building Law Update

Additionally, by October 1, 2021, the owner of a building that has at least 150,000 square feet of office space must provide recycling receptacles for the collection of recyclable materials and for the removal of specified materials deposited into the recycling receptacles so that the materials can be further recycled.

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