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americanprogress.org - 1/7/2009

Green Affordable Housing: Within Our Reach

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Greening our 6 million existing units of affordable rental housing offers important fiscal, economic, and environmental gains. Without certain policy changes our nation is unlikely to see investment in green improvements by private owners of federally subsidized housing and public housing ...

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