Policy • Smarter and Greener Low Income Housing Tax Credit Plans • HOPE VI Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2007 • IRS-proposed regulations - more accurate tenant “utility allowances” • HUD Market to Market - nationwide pilot program for owners of multifamily properties • National Affordable Housing Trust Fund
POLITICAL SECTOR • As of January 25, 2007... 376 mayors, representing more than 80 million Americans, have responded to Seattle Mayor Nickels’ challenge to adopt the goals of the Kyoto Protocol. • Signatories will strive to meet or beat the Kyoto Protocol targets in their own communities and urge their state governments, and the federal government, to enact policies and programs to meet greenhouse gas emission reduction target suggested for the United States in the Kyoto Protocol: 7% reduction from 1990 levels by 2012
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NONPROFIT SECTOR
Next Steps for Enterprise � New programs and products to drive green development � Larger scale projects and sites � Deeper environmental benefits � Systems change through policy and production � Enterprise as a green organization
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