CFA joins an alliance of consumer and energy efficiency groups to comment on the preliminary determinations regarding the affordability and availability of new homes with federal mortgages and public housing under updated energy efficiency requirements, specifically the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) and ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007, as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. The coalition supports the proposed positive determinations and urges HUD to finalize the determinations, implement the code requirements for covered housing, and proceed to the required determinations on further code updates as quickly as possible.

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