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Sustainable Communities
This section features publications that look beyond the specific question of how much housing costs to consider how affordable housing can contribute to broader sustainability and energy-efficiency objectives. Among other topics, this section examines the combined costs of housing and transportation and explores strategies for reducing those combined costs to improve overall affordability, such as affordable transit-oriented development. This section also examines how to improve energy-efficiency of existing and new homes.
Apr 1, 2010
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The Boston Regional Challenge: Examining the Costs and Impacts of Housing and Transportation on Area Residents, their Neighborhoods, and the Environment
Center for Housing Policy, Center for Neighborhood Technology, Urban Land Institute Terwilliger Center for Workforce Housing
This report finds that the average working household in the Boston region spends over $34,000 a year -- or 54 percent of their income -- on the combined costs of housing and transportation.
Mar 1, 2010
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Linking Efforts to Improve Disaster Resistance and Energy Efficiency of Homes
Ryan Sherriff
Measures that promote disaster resistance in homes have close links to those that promote energy efficiency. Therefore, home construction and retrofits serving both purposes can be installed at the same time. This issue brief explores new and potential future funding and incentives programs that enhance both the energy efficiency and disaster resistance of homes.
Mar 1, 2010
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AARP Factsheet: Cohousing for Older Adults
Keith Wardrip
Though relatively new on the residential landscape, cohousing is emerging as an appealing living arrangement for aging adults. Both the physical design and the practice of caring for neighbors as they age make this form of “collaborative housing” appropriate for some adults who wish to age in place among friends and neighbors.
Mar 1, 2010
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AARP Factsheet: Linking Transportation and Housing Solutions for Older Adults
Emily Salomon
Safe, affordable, and accessible transportation choices are critical for older adults who wish to remain independent. Through transportation program improvements and improved coordination of housing, transportation, and land-use policy, communities can help ensure that older adults have good transportation access to needed services and amenities.
Mar 1, 2010
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AARP Factsheet: Weatherization
Rebecca Cohen
“Weatherization” refers to a collection of improvements that increase the energy efficiency of existing homes, lower utility bills, and create a more comfortable and healthy living environment. The passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 dramatically expanded overall funding of the Weatherization Assistance Program, extending the benefits of energy efficiency to an increasing number of households.