#WhatBidedDid here for lower income families is significant: Affordable housing is not really affordable if it needs lots of energy and money to heat and cool.

Building thermally resilient housing costs builders more, so they have to be mandated to do it. These standards do just that.

Saving families $1000 a year is big.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-25/biden-boosts-energy-efficiency-standards-for-affordable-housing

I hope states and municipalities follow suit.

Biden Boosts Energy Efficiency Standards for Affordable Housing

Updated efficiency standards for new federal affordable housing construction could save lower-income renters and homeowners tens of millions of dollars each year.

Bloomberg