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Affordable Green Housing

Recently Added • 01-Jan-2007

New York City is known for its diversity, but that quality isn’t always reflected in its public housing developments, which often ignore the social and cultural characteristics of the communities who live in them. This episode follows third generation-developer Jonathan Rose through Irvington, Harlem and the Bronx — communities where Rose is putting sustainability within reach of public housing residents.

Tags
Green Housing, Sustainable Housing, Low Cost Housing, Social Housing, New York
Cast
Brad Pitt Narrator

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