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Requirements
This innovation strategy is based on the Neighborhood Development Credit: Housing Types and Affordability.
Must be a residential project and use credit’s Option 2.
1 point available for innovation credit.
Single family homes may earn 1 point if the property is priced for households earning 100% or less than the area median income (AMI). Rental units must be maintained at affordable levels for a minimum of 15 years.
Option 2. Affordable Housing (1 point)
Include a proportion of new rental and/or for-sale dwelling units priced for households earning less than the area median income (AMI). Rental units must be maintained at affordable levels for a minimum of 15 years. Existing dwelling units are exempt from requirement calculations. Meet any combination of thresholds in Table 3, up to a maximum of 3 points.Table 3. Points for affordable housing
Rental dwelling units |
For-sale dwelling units |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Priced up to 60% AMI |
Priced up to 80% AMI |
Priced up to 100% AMI |
Priced up to 120% AMI |
||||
Percentage of total rental units |
Points |
Percentage of total rental units |
Points |
Percentage of total for-sale units |
Points |
Percentage of total for-sale units |
Points |
5 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
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Cost estimates for this credit
On each BD+C v4 credit, LEEDuser offers the wisdom of a team of architects, engineers, cost estimators, and LEED experts with hundreds of LEED projects between then. They analyzed the sustainable design strategies associated with each LEED credit, but also to assign actual costs to those strategies.
Our tab contains overall cost guidance, notes on what “soft costs” to expect, and a strategy-by-strategy breakdown of what to consider and what it might cost, in percentage premiums, actual costs, or both.
This information is also available in a full PDF download in The Cost of LEED v4 report.
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© Copyright U.S. Green Building Council, Inc. All rights reserved.
Requirements
This innovation strategy is based on the Neighborhood Development Credit: Housing Types and Affordability.
Must be a residential project and use credit’s Option 2.
1 point available for innovation credit.
Single family homes may earn 1 point if the property is priced for households earning 100% or less than the area median income (AMI). Rental units must be maintained at affordable levels for a minimum of 15 years.
Option 2. Affordable Housing (1 point)
Include a proportion of new rental and/or for-sale dwelling units priced for households earning less than the area median income (AMI). Rental units must be maintained at affordable levels for a minimum of 15 years. Existing dwelling units are exempt from requirement calculations. Meet any combination of thresholds in Table 3, up to a maximum of 3 points.Table 3. Points for affordable housing
Rental dwelling units |
For-sale dwelling units |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Priced up to 60% AMI |
Priced up to 80% AMI |
Priced up to 100% AMI |
Priced up to 120% AMI |
||||
Percentage of total rental units |
Points |
Percentage of total rental units |
Points |
Percentage of total for-sale units |
Points |
Percentage of total for-sale units |
Points |
5 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
