This discussion brief addresses the following questions: What is climate resilience, and what does it look like in the multifamily affordable housing sector?How is climate change relevant to...
Climate Resilience Finance Working Group | June 2020
DOWNLOAD RESOURCE (2.97 MB)In our October 2019 discussion brief, our working group outlined why climate resilience is important to all multifamily affordable housing stakeholders and how housing lenders can help drive a strategic shift toward pre-disaster resilience in the sector. In this more in-depth working paper, we explore the following questions.
- What are the challenges to enhancing the climate resilience of multifamily affordable housing?
- How are opportunities to enhance the climate resilience of a specific property identified?
- Once identified, what is needed to fund resilience projects?
- What resilience dividends (i.e. financial value) can housing owners unlock by enhancing resilience in multifamily affordable housing, even without additional incentives?
- What kinds of incentives could lenders, insurers, and the government offer to housing owners that would accelerate investment in resilient multifamily affordable housing?
- What is the role of building codes, certifications, and disclosures in driving resilience upgrades?
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Benchmarking
C-PACE
CDFIs
Financing Options
Quantifying Savings
Resilience
Underwriting
