This agreement provides funding under the inflation reduction act (IRA) to the national housing trust

Specifically, the project will retrofit 785 homes to improve indoor air quality, reduce localized pollution caused by fossil fuel combustion, and protect vulnerable residents from extreme weather. Residents will benefit from reduced energy costs while targeted workforce development linkages will provide economic opportunities for the larger community. These investments will also help preserve and stabilize affordable housing to ensure that low-income residents remain in their communities and benefit from climate-ready affordable homes. Activities:the activities include high-performance building upgrades that will eliminate on-site GHG emissions in five of the six targeted properties. The remaining property will reduce GHG emissions and harmful indoor air pollutants by replacing gas stoves and will implement electrification-ready measures. The surrounding community will benefit from reduced localized pollution from fuel combustion #8213; nitrogen oxides (NOX), particulate matter (PM), carbon dioxide (CO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and other pollutants that degrade air quality and exacerbate chronic respiratory conditions. Subrecipient:the subaward organizations include the children's law center, veic, children's national hospital, latino economic development center, and emerald cities collaborative. The subaward to children's law center will be used to inform the design of healthy housing projects and resident engagement; coordinate with the D.C. Government/stakeholders to streamline funding sources/processes; and develop a project evaluation framework. Veic will provide technical assistance to building owners including scope planning, contractor identification and bidding, construction oversight, and quality assurance. Children's national (CN) hospital will maintain the healthy housing map healthcare utilization data; assist in developing healthy housing remediation scopes of work; and lead the design of the project evaluation framework. The latino economic development center will lead resident engagement activities. The emerald cities collaborative will develop and implement a clean energy workforce training and mentoring program. Six financial assistance sub-awards will go to sub-recipient non-profit affordable housing providers' equipment and contractual costs.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include 667 housing units fully electrified, 569 HVAC gas furnaces replaced with heat pumps, 667 gas water heaters replaced with heat pump water heaters, 269 housing units insulated, 785 housing unit energy efficiency upgrades, 98 housing units with ES windows installed, 118 housing units made electrification ready, at least 65 KW solar PV capacity installed, and 85% on-site GHG emissions reduced (ton CO2), 45% on-site energy usage reduced (kbtu/SF). The expected outcomes include reduced climate pollutants, reduced NO2 and PM2.5, improved indoor air quality, enhanced resilience to extreme heat, decreased asthma and other respiratory illnesses, and reduced energy costs/burden for residents. The intended beneficiaries are disadvantaged communities.