As extreme weather events become more frequent and severe, understanding these risks and the resilience strategies that can help address them is increasingly essential. Resilience measures play a critical role in protecting resident health and safety, stabilizing insurance costs, safeguarding capital investments, and ensuring that buildings remain functional and habitable during and after disruptions. As a result, resilience is becoming a core component of long‑term asset and portfolio performance.
This webinar explores how resilience is being incorporated across the financing, policy, and implementation landscape.
- New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHFMA) discusses how they are embedding resilience considerations into their financing decisions, including the LIHTC application process, as well as into broader portfolio management practices.
- The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety (IBHS) provides an overview of their FORTIFIED certification, which provides a third-party verification for projects meeting construction standards designed to reduce wind, hail, and wildfire risk.
- ReVital Development shares lessons learned from attaining the first FORTIFIED certification on an affordable housing project in Florida, including early insights into how verified resilience measures may help support insurance premium reductions and strengthen long-term property affordability.