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What's next for affordable housing in 2024?

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0 qpurcell Thu, 12/14/2023 - 15:40 Affordable Housing As 2023 draws to a close, GBBN’s Mary Jo Minerich and Amanda Markovic, AIA sat down to talk about the future. As 2023 draws to a close, GBBN’s Mary Jo Minerich and Amanda Markovic, AIA —two designers with a lot of affordable housing experience—sat down to talk about the future.

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Demystifying carbon offsets vs direct reductions

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Demystifying carbon offsets vs direct reductions 0 qpurcell Fri, 03/29/2024 - 11:18 Sustainability Chris Forney, Principal, Brightworks Sustainability, and Rob Atkinson, Senior Project Manager, IA Interior Architects, share the misconceptions about carbon offsets and identify opportunities for realizing a carbon-neutral building portfolio.

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Why Elevated Mortgage Rates Could Be the Housing Market’s Biggest Threat Yet

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Mortgage rates have officially crossed the 4% threshold, drawing affordability concerns from homebuyers and market experts alike. The current rate of home price growth isn't sustainable: Simple economics dictates it can't outpace income growth forever. Why Elevated Mortgage Rates Could Be the Housing Market’s Biggest Threat Yet.

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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts

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Trish Donnally MFPRO+ Blog Higher Education University Buildings Multifamily Housing Affordable Housing Senior Living Design Student Housing Designers Architects Projects Sustainable Development To say the United States is facing an affordable housing crisis is a major understatement. And that’s just California. It gets worse.

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Transforming shopping malls into 21st century neighborhoods

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Marc Asnis, AICP MFPRO+ Blog University Buildings Healthcare Facilities Mixed-Use Apartments Retail Centers Shopping Centers Designers Architects Adaptive Reuse Exterior Restoration Interior Architecture Sustainability Sustainable Development The death of the 20th century shopping mall is evident all across the country.

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Inside the Mind of the High-Performance Homebuyer

Pro Builder

New data sheds light on what homebuyers really care about when it comes to sustainability, helping builders improve their products. A Home for the Ages: Sustainability, Health, and Attainability in One. 68% have an annual household income over $100,000. 39% have annual household income over $100,000. Suzanne Shelton.

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Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture: Super-Insulated.

Natural Building

Green Home Building and Sustainable Architecture. Sustainable architecture is an exciting and important field, with many people reviving traditional methods of building and others creating innovations to established practices. Kelly has lived in an earthbag/papercrete home that he built and consults about sustainable building design.

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