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There's a brand spankin' new joint agency grant program designed to create sustainable communities. The US Department of Transportation (DOT) and the US Housing and Urban Development (HUD) have teamed up to leverage the agencies' transportation, land use, housing and community development resources to provide communities with funding to build more livable, sustainable places.
The new grant program stems from a recently announced interagency collaboration between the DOT, HUD and the EPA, known as the Partnership for Sustainable Communities. The Partnership is built on six Livability Principles:
1. Provide more transportation choices.
Develop safe, reliable and economical transportation choices to decrease household transportation costs, reduce our nation’s dependence on foreign oil, improve air quality, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote public health.
2. Promote equitable, affordable housing.
Expand location- and energy-efficient housing choices for people of all ages, incomes, races and ethnicities to increase mobility and lower the combined cost of housing and transportation.
3. Enhance economic competitiveness.
Improve economic competitiveness through reliable and timely access to employment centers, educational opportunities, services and other basic needs by workers as well as expanded business access to markets.
4. Support existing communities.
Target federal funding toward existing communities – through such strategies as transit-oriented, mixed-use development and land recycling – to increase community revitalization, improve the efficiency of public works investments, and safeguard rural landscapes.
5. Coordinate policies and leverage investment.
Align federal policies and funding to remove barriers to collaboration, leverage funding and increase the accountability and effectiveness of all levels of government to plan for future growth, including making smart energy choices such as locally generated renewable energy.
6. Value communities and neighborhoods.
Enhance the unique characteristics of all communities by investing in healthy, safe and walkable neighborhoods – rural, urban or suburban.
Here are a few of our best thoughts on sustainable communities, placemaking and market based redevelopment:
Sustainable Suburbs: From Drivable Suburbanism to Walkable Urbanism
Walkability: The Key to Sustainable Suburbs
Redevelopment Revolution: Market Based Solutions
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