Our multifamily owner, operator, and developer partners needed practical resources to help them protect their affordable housing portfolios.
Leveraging more than 20 years of experience helping communities withstand and recover from natural disasters, we created the nation’s first resilience academy for affordable housing to deliver the effective and affordable climate risk reduction resources our partners needed.
Building upon the success of our first academy, we tailored the cohort-based training program to address unique regional hazards. Academies have been completed in Southeast, Gulf Coast, New York, and Rocky Mountain regions.
Building More Confident Portfolios
Our Climate Resilience Academies were developed to provide program participants with the knowledge and confidence to address climate risk across their portfolios. Each module is tailored to address the unique climate challenges faced by different regions across the country.
Our cohort-based training academy was designed to help participants:
- Gain a deeper understanding of climate risks and how to apply resilience concepts
- Understand how to navigate different funding sources and available dollars, as well as deploy funds when they become available
- Access case studies and other learnings that leverage best practices from the broader field
- Join a regional peer network committed to advancing community resilience
- Apply for custom technical assistance (available for an engaged cohort of partners)
Our report explores early successes and learnings from the first three Climate Resilience Academies, spotlighting six cohort members.
Housing providers from coast to coast must plan, strategize, and innovate in the face of increasing climate threats. We brought together a dynamic panel to expl...
