NHT Updates
We are thrilled that this week, legislators introduced The Save Affordable Housing Act, a crucial piece of legislation needed to preserve irreplaceable affordable rental housing serving low-income families. Over the past two years, NHT has led the effort to build congressional understanding and support for this critical legislation.
In late June, NHT Communities closed on the acquisition of Asher Apartments, a market-rate, 452-unit apartment community.
This summer, the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) approved higher energy efficiency savings targets for Georgia Power, the state’s largest utility. This decision will directly benefit affordable, multifamily housing through increased funding for the utility’s low-income energy efficiency programs.
Check out EEFA’s new video to learn more about how we build power to ensure that all renters live in homes that are affordable and healthy.
Thoughtful, strategic investment in the capacity of housing finance agencies can yield huge dividends. That has certainly been the case with the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (Minnesota Housing), which accepted an Energy Foundation grant in 2015 to fund an Energy Efficiency Fellow.
Now in its second year, the Where Will We Live team is working make its gallery of resident stories a resource that our partners can use to help make the case for affordable housing for low-income residents.