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15 Cities, Counties Join Green Buildings Leadership Program

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In partnership with Bank of America, USGBC LEED for Cities certification has provided over $2 million to accelerate action on climate change, resilience, and social equity.

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Equity Investment Helps Texas Firm Expand West

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RVi Planning + Landscape Architecture opening in Phoenix and Oakland after investment by Atwell, LLC.

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Cities Where Homeownership is More Affordable Than Renting

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While renting offers flexibility and convenience, homeownership begins equity and can offer lower taxes. Oakland, CA. Across the bay, Oakland, California has the third-highest median home value ($807,600) and the seventh-highest median annual rent ($19,200). SmartAsset analyzed the 50 largest U.S.

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What's next for affordable housing in 2024?

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connects residents to downtown and Oakland—and to their neighbors in Uptown and the Hill District. We think this kind of innovation will continue, with intensified focus on cutting carbon emissions and improving buildings’ environmental footprints. Located at a Bus Rapid Transit stop, Fifth & Dinwiddie in Pittsburgh, Pa.,

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Digital Builder Ep 43: The Reality of Construction’s Changing Workforce

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” How to be More Equitable when Bringing Teams Together Solving issues like gender diversity entails going beyond equity. “It’s the idea of equitable, not just equity,” says Camille. Many of them are in the metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, and San Jose.

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Cracking the code of affordable housing

BD+C

In the same month, Private Equity Real Estate (PERE) reported that 85% of new rental housing being developed in the U.S. What we’re trying to do as a practice is be the leaders and stewards for design principles and quality of life for affordable housing,” says Principal Steve Line of VIA—A Perkins Eastman studio, who works in Oakland, Calif.

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Fall Conferences 2019: Top Takeaways

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VERGE 19 | Oakland, CA. #11: Of note, if as projected, we’re going to build a new New York City every 35 days for the next 35 years, we need to focus on sustainable sourcing of mass timber for it to be a viable long term solution. 11: Reducing emissions isn’t enough—we need to reverse them.