SIGN PETITION: Tell your governor: Build green, affordable public housing! BE A HERO... Save Lower Income Families, Save the Planet! POP SUPERHERO

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Save Lower Income Families... Save the Planet.

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As a Care2 member, you take action for the betterment of our planet and its inhabitants. Affordable housing projects that meet tough green building standards address both concerns
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The U.S. Green Building Council's LEED green building standard is the top program in the country - and one that should be applied to all construction for the health of our planet. Already, 44 states have adopted some form of regulation requiring government-funded buildings to be built according to LEED standards.
But these policies can go farther. For example, Seattle's Traugott Terrace - pictured at right - was the nation's first LEED certified affordable housing. And Boston's Department of Neighborhood Development recently instituted a requirement that all affordable housing must meet Energy Star and LEED silver standards.
It's time to make saving the environment a national priority for all state-funded affordable housing projects!

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