Yes, I'm worried that in a push to rapidly address our affordable housing crisis, poor quality housing is going to be built. By the way, all of the mayors and councillors who are part of our coalition are worried about the same issue. Housing that requires little or no dirty energy to operate is actually housing that, over time, is inexpensive to use. When you think about building housing, they last for a very long time. We need to think about the long run, not just about the immediate cost.
It's an extremely important issue that federal housing programs, first of all, produce enough affordable housing, and secondly do it in a way that the buildings are sustainable and therefore operate at low cost and are affordable for the residents.
