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Fifteen local organizations in rural places around the country will create hundreds of environmentally friendly "green" homes with help from Green Fund Grants awarded by the Housing Assistance Council through the generous support of The Home Depot Foundation. The grants support green building techniques in homes specifically intended for low-income families, both buyers and renters. "The local grantees will use the funds for a variety of things, such as buying essential equipment and materials, providing green training for staff, and adding energy-saving measures to homes," explained Moises Loza, executive director of the Housing Assistance Council. "Green building and affordability for lower-income people can be compatible goals, and sometimes seemingly modest steps can be very important to make homes both kinder to the environment and healthier for their residents." Green buildings are constructed to ensure that they are healthy for their occupants, more affordable to operate and maintain, and environmentally friendly. "We are proud of our relationship with the Housing Assistance Council as it has proven to be the most effective national intermediary in helping rural practitioners stimulate creative and sustainable community impact." The Home Depot Foundation is dedicated to building healthy communities by supporting the development of affordable, healthy homes for working families and by planting and preserving trees in parks, in schoolyards and along city streets. In 2007, The Home Depot Foundation committed to significantly increase its financial support in these two areas by awarding $100 million in grants over the next 10 years, which will result in the development of 100,000 affordable, healthy homes for working families and the planting and preservation of more than 3 million community trees.
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