A collaborative initiative between nonprofits and other groups plans to provide free training on jumpstarting energy upgrades for affordable housing.
The program, dubbed Residential Retrofits for Energy Equity, or R2E2, is aimed at state, local and tribal governments, plus community-based organizations. With “unprecedented federal funding” available from spending packages such as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act, the organizers say they would offer guidance on affordable housing energy retrofits related to financing, economic inclusion, engaging with community groups to ensure proposals meet needs and navigating the affordable housing sector.