The niece-in-law of Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reportedly allocating millions of dollars for Joe Biden’s climate programs, according to new reports.
Alexis Pelosi, the senior climate advisor to Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge, is tasked with the department’s multi-million dollar climate action plan, according to E&E News.
Pelosi took the role in January this year after working for HUD’s Community Planning and Development office, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in 2022, and awarded $837.5 million in grant and subsidy funding.
Biden also awarded $4 billion of loan commitment authority to the Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP) so HUd could finance so-called sustainable housing properties.
HUD’s Office of Multifamily Housing Programs received a whopping $1 billion of IRA funding to support efforts to benchmark energy and water use at t multifamily HUD properties, the Daily Caller reported.
The IRA also includes $42 million for HUD to launch an initiative targeted at collecting energy and water usage data from HUD properties.
In October, the GRRP gave over $100 million of grants and loans to renovate 1,500 low-income households and transform them into zero-energy properties.
In September, the Biden administration delivered $18 million of GRRP funding for property owners participating in HUD programs.
Hud was enabled to work with multiple agencies to allocate billions of dollars of funding for climate and housing programs following the Biden administration’s bipartisan infrastructure funding bill in 2021.
HUD also coordinated with the Environmental Protection Agency to allocate $15 billion of funding for lead pipe replacements in low-income family homes.
Alexis Pelosi said she was proud to ensure “HUD be a part of the solution” to climate change.
“I am honored to be in a position to advance this important work,” she added.
However, she failed to answer questions regarding her relationship with the former House speaker.
Alexis Pelosi is married to Laurence Pelosi, whose father, Ronald, is the brother of Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi.
Nancy Pelosi said the American people and Fudge “are well-served by Alexis Pelosi’s leadership, knowledge, and relentless commitment to climate resilience.”
Alexis Pelosi was part of an Aspen Institute Panel on “climate-resilient housing” held last month.
“This loss of housing highlights the need to invest in resilience, adaptation, and sustainability because affordable housing is more than just the cost of rent,” Alexis Pelosi said, E&E first reported.
“It is a home that can withstand the next storm or storms and one that weathers our uncertain climate future.”
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