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Zero Energy Ready project supports affordable homes and climate justice in Northfield


Zero Energy Ready project supports affordable homes and climate justice in Northfield
Housing insecurity and climate change are two wicked and intersecting challenges that disproportionately impact those least able to adapt. Hillcrest Village, a new community-driven affordable housing development in Northfield, seeks to tip these scales to meet the needs of the community’s most vulnerable residents.
Sketch of Hillcrest Village duplex. Photo credit: Michael Joyce (Argyle Design) and Brian Nowak (Sweetgrass Design Studio).
“This is really about aligning climate justice and social justice into a single, tangible project that will help address homelessness, affordable housing and environment justice,” said Scott Wopata, executive director of the Community Action Center of Northfield (CAC), which is spearheading the project. ....

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