HUD Secretary Speech Tips That $140 Million in HUD Sustainable Communitiy Grants Will Require Philanthropic Support.

HUD Secretary's speech over the weekend is HERE.

Now, as we prepare to launch our Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, I know many of you are working to establish a Sustainable Communities Coalition.

HUD’s Sustainable Communities Initiative offers a big opportunity for knowledge sharing, with $140 million funding planning and challenge grant programs to help localities and metro areas undertake a new wave of transportation zoning, building code, and land use reform.

In order to leverage those resources to the maximum extent possible, today I’d like to announce that we will include philanthropic support in how we score these applications.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.