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#169: Green Mortgage Grows In New Orleans

#169: Green Mortgage Grows In New Orleans

Fromwaterloop: exploring solutions


#169: Green Mortgage Grows In New Orleans

Fromwaterloop: exploring solutions

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Feb 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Nearly two decades after Hurricane Katrina, there are continued efforts to make New Orleans more resilient to storms and climate change. A recent innovation is the green mortgage, a program that helps lower-income people buy a home and provides a budget for retrofits for water, wind, and energy projects. The green mortgage concept is discussed in this episode with Damon Burns, President and CEO of Finance New Orleans. He explains how green mortgages can also be used to bolster resilience of multi-family affordable housing developments and surrounding water infrastructure. Damon talks about creating an environmental impact bond to finance the program.waterloop is a nonprofit media outlet. This episode was made possible by support from Spring Point Partners.Visit waterloop.org
Released:
Feb 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

A podcast helping water leaders to discover solutions and drive change. waterloop is for people who work in water at utilities, government, universities, engineering firms, technology companies, and environmental organizations. The podcast helps listeners to become more knowledgeable experts, creators of change in communities, and builders of a sustainable and equitable water future. waterloop is hosted by Travis Loop, who brings two decades of experience in journalism and water communications, including at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.