Policy Memo: The USA's Housing Department Should Inventory - and Slash - Emissions

Published on February 20, 2023

In its $62.7-billion budget, HUD subsidizes 4.5 million units of housing in a portfolio directly owned or controlled through HUD partners. Furthermore, HUD resources are used by private developers through project-based vouchers and HOME funds. HUD has a great deal of power to drive the adoption of higher energy standards and capacity improvements in the building sector due to the widespread reliance on its resources.

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Policy Memo: Promoting Wind Deployment With Gulf Gusto in Texas and Louisiana

February 20, 2023
In the American Southeast, oil and gas developers have shown interest in learning the economics of offshore wind. States and the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management have wanted to encourage this interest. This memo sets out steps for state-federal cooperation to encourage offshore wind deployment around and across the Gulf of Mexico.Read more

​​​​​​​Policy Memo: Using Experience to Transition the Tobacco Region's Energy Mix

February 28, 2023
The Tobacco Region of Virginia, as its name shows, knows economic transitions. It can use its expertise in workforce development and industrial support to train workers and incentivize investors to speed the clean energy transition through this historic section of a rapidly changing state.Read more