Apartments' are not new homes? He is in NorCal. I am in SoCal, might as well be in a different state. All i need to do is look at the roofs. Plenty of private homes have solar around here for sure...but new apartments that I see and I see a lot here have none. The huge new 1,2,3room apartment complex , down the road from me, that I have been watching getting built for the past 3 months doesn't have any solar panels yet. Fingers crossed the final touches they go up but the lights are on and I don't see any. I am curious if they put in any ev stations. At least I know one upgrade they do put into the new apartments is Air Conditioning. Thank goodness. Most all of the older apartment complexes like mine have no AC and its unbearable. When looking for rentals the cheapest ones are always the ones with no a/c. If it does have a/c expect to pay an additional $500 a month. I actually just bought a new portable ac today for my bedroom. because we are Another heat wave now that was not anticipated. Hopefully this is the last one for a while. ITs too damn hot here.