Olide but Goodie: HUD/APA Report on Regional Approaches to Affordable Housing.

In 2003 HUD commissioned an extensive report from the American Planning Association on regional approaches to affordable housing.

With the possibility/likelihood that FY 2010 appropriations bill will include Livable Communities programs that stress integration of housing, transportation, energy, and environmental planning at the regional level, this report is an important source of information about past regional affordable housing planning efforts across the country. NOTE: Analysis of Portland Metro's now abandoned fair share affordable housing plan begins on PDF page 72/printed page 68.

Web site for report is HERE.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.

Place Based Strategies Getting Renewed Focus in FY 2011 Budget.

One of the big items for focus during the Clinton Administration were placed based strategies. HUD sent waves of HUD managers to training sessions in Portland, Chicago (and other places I can't remember) to help focus attention on placed based strategies.

10+ years later placed based programs are clearly going to be a focus of the new Administration. NLIHC's Memo to Members has a piece this morning HERE that signals that OMB is going to be asking agencies to once again refocus on placed based programs. (The M2M piece includes the link to the OMB guidance, which can be found HERE.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.