Strategy of the Month: Healthy Living at Via Verde

View the newly posted Strategy of the Month at http://www.hud.gov/portal/casestudies/study_10012012_1.html
which looks at a green and healthy development in the South Bronx neighborhood of New York City. Known as Via Verde, the project exemplifies quality affordable, sustainable, and mixed-income housing with an added dimension of healthy living. Some of the key features of Via Verde include:

• A total of 221 housing units including 150 rental units targeted for low- and moderate-income households earning between 30 and 90 percent of the area median income;
• Design and amenities that encourage walking, physical activity, and healthy eating; and
• Numerous green building components, systems, and design strategies that will help the project achieve Gold LEED certification.

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