A call to action on the housing and climate crises Bourland, Dana L. creator author. text bibliography dcu 2021 2021 monographic eng 1 online resource (xxii, 172 pages) : illustrations, maps "US cities are faced with the joint challenge of our climate crisis and the lack of housing that is affordable and healthy. Our housing stock contributes significantly to the changing climate, with residential buildings accounting for 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. US housing is not only unhealthy for the planet, it is putting the physical and financial health of residents at risk. Our housing system means that a renter working 40 hours a week and earning minimum wage cannot afford a two-bedroom apartment in any US county. In Gray to Green Communities, green affordable housing expert Dana Bourland argues that we need to move away from a gray housing model to a green model, which considers the health and well-being of residents, their communities, and the planet. She demonstrates that we do not have to choose between protecting our planet and providing housing affordable to all. Bourland draws from her experience leading the Green Communities Program at Enterprise Community Partners, a national community development intermediary. Her work resulted in the first standard for green affordable housing which was designed to deliver measurable health, economic, and environmental benefits. The book opens with the potential of green affordable housing, followed by the problems that it is helping to solve, challenges in the approach that need to be overcome, and recommendations for the future of green affordable housing. Gray to Green Communities brings together the stories of those who benefit from living in green affordable housing and examples of Green Communities' developments from across the country. Bourland posits that over the next decade we can deliver on the human right to housing while reaching a level of carbon emissions reductions agreed upon by scientists and demanded by youth. Gray to Green Communities will empower and inspire anyone interested in the future of housing and our planet"--Publisher description. The problem with gray -- The promise of green -- Learning from the green communities criteria -- The challenges to greening affordable housing for all -- A just future. Dana L. Bourland. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Sustainable living United States Housing Environmental aspects United States Sustainable development United States Environmental responsibility United States HC79.E5 B68 2021eb 333.72 Bourland, Dana L. Washington, D.C. : Island Press, [2021] (DLC) 2020942997 9781642831290 1642831298 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2698914 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2698914 EBZ 201212 20260708112656.0 on1226591622 eng