– Opportunity Home San Antonio is one of 60 recipients of funding from the Environmental Protection Agency to close the solar equity gap.as part of a joint $7 billion award through the Solar For All program, is expected to help Opportunity Home achieve a net-zero energy status across its properties.
“Opportunity Home’s sustainable housing policy is already robust, but this grant will only add to the success of the program,” Hector Martinez, director of construction services & sustainability at Opportunity Home, said. Funding from the grant will also support clean energy measures for low-income and disadvantaged communities across Texas, the release said. Funds came as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.
Investment measures from the grants are projected to generate an estimated 200,000 jobs across the country, the release said. The Solar For All coalition includes several partners, including San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Waco and Austin.Local leaders, partners break ground on affordable housing community on far West SideMason Hickok is a digital journalist at KSAT. He graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a communication degree and a minor in film studies. He also spent two years working at The Paisano, the independent student newspaper at UTSA.