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Center for Building in North America — Housing Code Reform

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  • Focus Area: Land Use Reform
  • Organization Name: Center for Building in North America
  • Amount: $500,000

  • Award Date: September 2022

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    Open Philanthropy recommended two grants totaling $500,000 over two years to the Center for Building in North America to support a project on reforming multi-family housing codes.

    We see reforming building codes as a potentially tractable opportunity to reduce the cost of building new homes. This falls within our focus area of land use reform.

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