Livability Literature Review: A Synthesis Of Current Practice
January 22, 2013
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The National Association of Regional Councils' review of literature about livability has been added to the Research Center's best practices database.
Federal Policy Update: American Housing Survey Data & Making Most Of TIFIA Webinar
October 16, 2012
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HUD today made the American Housing Survey 2011 data available to the public. This survey provides high quality national housing data that is used by policymakers, public agencies, and others to analyze the state of housing in America. The 2011 AHS features many changes. The one that will strike data users first is that the files are a lot bigger. That’s because, for the first time, AHS national and metropolitan survey cases are integrated into the same dataset. Not only, that, but the 2011 data collection included a whopping 29 metropolitan surveys, at 4500 cases each! Thus, the core NEWHOUSE file contains 186,448 records, and the PERSON file has 339,453. The standard weighting variables (WEIGHT and WGT90GEO) allow you to use all of the metropolitan cases in your national-level analysis. There is also a new weight variable, WGTMETRO, which allows you to tabulate the metropolitan areas on their own.
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Partnership Launches Sustainable Community Case Study Database
July 27, 2012
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The federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities has launched of the Sustainable Community Case Study database. This online resource provides access to research and reports on communities that are working with HUD, DOT, EPA, and other Federal agencies to invest in transportation, affordable housing, and environmental protection.
Scholarly Articles Added To Best Practices Database
June 21, 2012
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Four scholarly articles have been added to the Research Center best practices database covering a range of topics.
HUD Schedules Two Webinars To Help Grant Applicants
August 10, 2011
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The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC) recently issued two Notices of Funding Availability (NOFA) for their FY 2011 Community Challenge Grants Program ($95 million in grants available) and FY 2011 Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program ($28 million available). In order to help applicants, a pair of webinars have been scheduled:
Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities Webinars
August 4, 2011
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The Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC) will host webcasts on this year's Community Challenge Grants and Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program.
Partnership for Sustainable Communities: A Year of Progress
October 14, 2010
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Last year, the Obama administration launched a first-of-its-kind effort to break down the walls between agencies that had, in the past, inhibited cooperative efforts to accomplish shared goals.The Partnership for Sustainable Communities, which brought together Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency, began in June 2009 with the goal of targeting resources to help communities strengthen their economies by developing more sustainably, removing regulatory and policy barriers to make it easier for state and local governments to access federal resources, and aligning the agencies' policies and priorities.
The other day, the Partnership for Sustainable Communities released "Partnership for Sustainable Communities: A Year of Progress for American Communities," which looks at the progress the partnership has made in its first year.
The other day, the Partnership for Sustainable Communities released "Partnership for Sustainable Communities: A Year of Progress for American Communities," which looks at the progress the partnership has made in its first year.
Making Sense Of The Partnership For Sustainable Communities
July 28, 2010
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[Editor's Note: Reconnecting America is an active participant in the sustainable communities movement and a strong supporter of the new federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities. When we learned of the Initiative for Sustainable Communities and States we asked them to tell us little about their work. Here's what they had to say.]
FAQs For Applying For Sustainability Planning Grants
July 22, 2010
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Racing against Monday's looming deadline, HUD’s Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities is rushing out extra material to help answer questions about the department's two new planning grants.
White House Livability Discussion Video
July 17, 2010
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On July 15, the White House hosted a live online discussion of "Livability" and the administration's historic Partnership for Sustainable Communities. Speakers included former Reconnecting America CEO Shelley Poticha, who is the director for the Office of Sustainable Housing at the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Beth Osborne, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Transportation; and Tim Torma, Deputy Director of the Office of Sustainable Communities at the Environmental Protection Agency. The moderator was Derek Douglas, Special Assistant to the President on Urban Policy at the White House.
Here's a video of the one hour discussion:
