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Conservation-Based Affordable Housing

Imagine greening your community while also helping to meet the need for housing for low- and moderate-income residents. Conservation-based affordable housing pairs these two practices to meet common community needs. The Conservation Fund’s Center for Conservation and Development provides technical support to communities and organizations seeking to integrate affordable housing with land conservation opportunities and achieve greener, more sustainable development. The Center’s staff provides top expertise on the practice of conservation-based affordable housing. The Center offers:

Contact Kendra Briechle, Manager, Center for Conservation and Development about additional services including presentations, resources, and advisory services on how to bring about conservation-based affordable housing in your community.

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At the Fund we help save wild havens: large, natural spaces for wildlife to be exactly that—wild. Your gift ensures that wildlife, like this bear cub, has the habitat it needs to thrive.

 

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Triple Bottom Line Approach

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The Resourceful Communities Program blends innovative techniques to help North Carolina's underserved communities create new economies that protect and restore, rather than extract, natural resources. The triple bottom line is a unique approach to community development that integrates environmental stewardship, sustainable development and social justice.
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