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Hi LEED users! We had a thread in this forum back in 2022 about Option 2 Path 1, with a lot of good ideas for how to potentially earn the credit. But I don't think we ever had an update on...

There is a significant discrepancy between the information provided on census tract versus that of state government.  There is a NYS Disadvantaged Communities website that clearly indicates the...

The verbiage in the ref guide says at least 20% of population is at or below poverty rate of state, provincial, or other regional jurisdiction. So if the regional poverty rate is 20%, and the...

Working on a confidential project that is commercial/industrial, and the site has its own census tract.  There are nearby tracts to the North, East, and South of the site.  The North and East...

I am working on a high school project located in Seattle. The school serves a predominantly black student population in a historically underserved neighborhood. The attendance boundary for the...

Hi,

I am working on a new BDC v4.1 winery project that would like to pursue Option 2 – Path 2. Affordable Housing in Residential or Mixed-Use Projects. If the project provides housing that...

To determine the census tract poverty rate based on Statistics Canada 2016 Census of Population data, which metric do I reference?

Prevalence of low income based on the Low-income measure...

I have a project located in a Qualified Census Tract. Qualified Census Tracts are those in which 50% of its households have incomes below 60% AMGI (Area Median Gross Income). The LEED requirement...

Has anyone else attempting using the "U.S. Census American FactFinder" tool that the Ref Guide lists as the go-to resource for determining compliance?

From what I see, it's not capable of...

What are the requirements for Mixed-Use projects? the guide only refers to residential areas.