Applause ] [[ applause ] welcome governor martinez. We are pleased to have you here. Good afternoon. Lieutenant governor; Senate President pro tempore; mr. Speaker; democratic and republican leaders; esteemed members of the new mexico legislature; honorable members of the judiciary; former new mexico governors; tribal governors; senator udall; representative lujangrisham; representative lujan; distinguished guests; the states first gentleman, my husband, chuck franco; my stepson, carlo; my dear sister, lettie martinez; and, my fellow new mexicans. It is an honor to join you for the annual state of the state address and open this legislative session, where i believe our focus must be on two of the most pressing issues jobs and education. [ applause ] but first, lets turn our thoughts to the community of roswell. As we recall last weeks Tragic School shooting, lets pray for nathaniel, whos struggling with serious injuries, and for his parents, who are showing such strength. And when i sa
Affordable housing, who is actually serving, who we want it to be serving, and that think about that with regard to young people because we are future homebuyers. I think it probably relates to a lot of the different constituencies. And i think creating are rounded is ultimately will will give us beyond this sort of debate in the weeds above some of the technicalities and actually have the debate about how we can improve Affordable Housing go beyond where we are right now. And urban Centers Across the country theyre is a move but jen Affordable Housing. I remember the catch phrase was the rate is too dim high. That is about Affordable Housing to be going back into dealing with Older Americans as well, the rental aspect is very important for Older Americans. Many Older Americans have never been homeowners. Many sell their homes and then become renters and affordable rental this point to be is crucial, particularly to a lot of our constituents that the naacp. I do think there are people
Challenging i would like to talk about the governors house this program build Affordable Homes using labor from the prison the inmates gained pliable skills for when they leave prison and they help those to have an opportunity to own their home i ask the department of corrections to explore the options to make the governors house more efficient they had to meet a prototype that passed the passive house standard that requires heavy insulation and it airtight around the house high the efficient windows in the Energy Recovery air exchanger. And then have period the utility bills enough heat to provide survivability even extreme cold weather without power. The demonstration house was built in a few months applying techniques that builders have learned only that year but in spite of these it met the passive house standard it was put on display at the state fair to educate their doors about cutting edge technology. Building every governors house has tough standards we make it too expensive.
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