JPMorgan Chase gives $500,000 to the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council for affordable housing initiative
January 7, 2020 - As the Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council gathered for its leadership summit, JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced a $500,000 investment to support the organization's new initiative “Resilient and Energy Assessment of Communities and Housing” (REACH), REACH will seek to bring together experts, community leaders and elected officials to assess the potential risks to local communities from sea level rise and extreme weather events. The project will help to create strategies and policies to increase affordable and resilient housing development. The two-year initiative aims to weave affordable housing and development with climate change and resilience planning.