With deep experience in real estate, economic development and sustainability initiatives, Quiroga will build on LISC’s 40 years of work in Boston to expand community investment strategies and drive gains in underserved neighborhoods.
Fairweather Apartments in Salem and Prospect Place in Northampton are the second pair of projects to receive funding from the Climate Ready Housing program created for affordable housing owners to achieve deep reductions in energy use and carbon emissions in the refinancing, renovation, and preservation of their properties.
The STAR program, first launched in 2021, provides technical and financial assistance to affordable housing organizations with sites in Massachusetts to catalyze the exploration of solar photovoltaic (PV) potential and break down existing barriers to adoption. This phase of the STAR program is providing an additional 12 organizations with grants to perform solar feasibility studies.