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The Next 4 Years: Tapping Into Nonprofit Expertise

The NonProfit Times

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jonathan T.M. She teams with and coordinates with other environmental nonprofits to use every law on the books to battle climate change and polluters. Dillen has litigated precedent-setting cases that have held polluters accountable and cleared the way for clean energy projects.

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Whose Capital? Our Capital! The Power of Workers’ Pensions for the Common Good

NonProfit Quarterly

4 This enormous pool of capital could and should be invested in things that benefit workers and their communities, like affordable housing, renewable energy, and a just transition in terms of combating climate change. A Reply to Critics,” Harvard Business Law Review 12, no. Webber, “Should Labor Abandon Its Capital?

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How Mobile Home Owners Organize for Land Ownership and Climate Resiliency

NonProfit Quarterly

Instead, contemporary manufactured homes are regulated under a strict code from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Such changes improve the energy efficiency of mobile homes and can help keep them safe in a changing world. And the average construction cost of a manufactured home is just $90,000.