At a time when the NAHB is warning about a slowdown in the housing market, the ASLA has decided to recommit to the controversial agreement, pinning the association against the NAHB and home builders.

The movement to continue the Paris Climate Agreement is called the America Is All In statement and despite warnings from the NAHB that regulations like these are a root cause for the housing shortage, especially regarding multi-family housing projects, the ASLA and the other members of the movement still support the agreement, even though it puts the greatest burden on the US while virtually ignoring climate abuses by nations such as China and India.

 

The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) have been vocal about the damage climate change policies have created for builders. The association explains, "Climate change regulations have the potential not only to exacerbate the challenges home builders already face but can also change where and how communities grow. NAHB's climate change policy calls on the administration to refrain from using existing statutes to regulate climate change emissions, because of the unintended consequences that are likely to result from trying to make it fit this new issue, including the imposition of onerous permitting requirements for many builders and developers."

Still, the ASLA is doubling down on its stance. "In the face of the ongoing climate crisis, ASLA is committed to the goals and obligations put forth in the Paris Climate Agreement and to promoting the design of sustainable, resilient landscapes for all," said ASLA CEO Torey Carter-Conneen. "ASLA was one of the first organizations in the built environment to sign onto the original We Are Still In declaration, and we are proud to stand once again to urge the incoming administration to quick, decisive action."

Whether or not the ASLA's position will affect the relationship between home builders and the roughly 2/3rds of Landscape Architects who are not ASLA members has yet to be determined.

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