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HUD Jumpstarts PACE Financing for Homes

Green Building Law Update

Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Veterans Affairs released new guidance, changing their previous positions, now widely allowing residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing. real estate since the invention of the glass window. HVAC system upgrades, photovoltaic systems, cool roofs, etc.),

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Green Buildings are Subsidizing Conventional Buildings Stymying Climate Progress

Green Building Law Update

This unfair capital subsidy stymies climate progress by siphoning investment from profitable green building including net zero projects, for non sustainable carbon polluting projects. The matter is even more acute when seeking financing to green the more than 5 million existing commercial buildings in the U.S.

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How COP27 Impacts Real Estate: Pricing Real Estate Climate Risk

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Guest post by Joe Miller , Member of USGBC Delegation to COP27 One topic of urgent and primary focus at COP has been around how and who will finance the changes of climate change. Rather, it will come down to decisions to choose the sustainable options by the individual person, business, organization, state, and country.

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ESG Disclosure Simplification Act Passes Committee But Will Fail

Green Building Law Update

The Bill if enacted would also create a new permanent Sustainable Finance Advisory Committee that must within 180 days of first meeting submit to the SEC “recommendations about what ESG metrics” the SEC should require be disclosed. But again, there is no realistic scenario under which this becomes law. The failure of H.R.4329,

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PACE Programs are Stepping Up the Pace

Green Building Law Update

PACE state enabling statutes generally authorize local governments to work with private sector lenders to provide upfront low interest financing to property owners for qualified projects (e.g., HVAC system upgrades, photovoltaic systems, cool roofs, etc.), Commercial PACE programs are still very new.

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PACE Bill Due in Baltimore City

Green Building Law Update

PACE state enabling statutes generally authorize local governments to engage private sector lenders to provide upfront low interest financing to property owners for qualified projects (e.g., providing opportunities to separately finance the top 20% of a construction project or.),

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Ohio Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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This source provides dedicated, flexible and sustainable funding to support Ohio business growth and job creation. JobsOhio Growth Fund Loan: Provides capital for expansion projects to companies that have limited access to funding from conventional, private sources of financing. Rates are market-driven and fixed prior to funding.

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