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Solar Energy in Public Housing: Benefits for Residents and Agency Budgets

New rules aim to ensure that selling or leasing parts of public housing for solar energy projects directly benefits residents and the housing agency's budget. Residents will have priority access to solar-related products or services, and transaction information will be publicly available.
Key points
Public housing residents will financially benefit from solar energy projects on their buildings.
Housing agencies must publicly disclose financial benefit analyses of such projects.
Residents will have priority access to solar-related products or services.
Housing agencies must include planned solar energy transactions in their annual plans.
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Print number: 117_HR_2792
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12]
Process start date: 2021-04-22