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Showing posts with label Sustainable.. Show all posts
Monday, November 21, 2011

Beaverton Gets HUD Community Challenge Grant, but Metro Did Not Receive HUD Regional Planning Grant.

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Beaverton gets $1 M.  HUD PR is HERE .  Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog .
Tuesday, July 13, 2010

White House Sustainable Communities Live Chat on Thursday July 15 at 11 AM PDT.

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Event information from Planetizen is HERE . Access the event itself on the White House live website HERE . Originally created and posted o...
Thursday, June 24, 2010

FINALLY! HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant NOFA is OUT.

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HUD PR is HERE .  NOFA page is HERE ; 68 page program section of the NOFA is HERE . Rating Factors are summarized on PDF page 61, closin...
Thursday, May 27, 2010

Tease: Form with Rating Factors for HUD Sustainability Grant.

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HUD recently published a FR Notice of the rating factors form it is planning on using for the HUD Sustainable Communities Planning Grant NO...
Monday, May 24, 2010

HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant: I Expect NOFA this Week.

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This is the last week in May and I expect the HUD Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant to be coming out shortly. (I will be check...
Saturday, May 1, 2010

Input Sought: MTAC Wednesday Meet Will Review HUD Sustainability Grant Materials (As Well as Transportation Plan Comments).

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Metro's Technical Advisory Committee has a scheduled meeting on Wednesday May 5th at 10 AM in the Council chamber. One of agenda items b...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Look for Weekend Post of My Comments on Draft Metro 2035 Transportation Plan Update.

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Metro's 2035 Transportation Plan is open for public comments until midnight Thursday May 6th. (Metro curiously has scheduled a public he...

Events: Monday, May 10th Clackamas County Session for Seniors on Affordable Housing, Transit, and Land Use.

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Ellen Johnson, from Housing Land Advocates sent a note recently about the first in a series of efforts to connect seniors with affordable h...

Events: May 12-14, Andres Duany Speaking on Regenerating Centers and Corridors.

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Part of Metro's Greatest Places outreach. Flyer for upcoming May 12-May 14 events is HERE . Wikipedia for Andres Duany is HERE . Origina...
Monday, April 26, 2010

DOT Tiger II NOFA Seeks Input on Joint Availability Announcement with HUD Sustainbility Grant NOFA.

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DC.streetsblog.org post is HERE . $600 million available for Tiger II transportation infrastructure grant; Notice solicits input on selectio...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Coaltion for Livable Communities Portland Livability Summit Events Start this Week.

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Scheduled date at PSU is Thursday April 29th, however HUD Deputy Secretary Ron Sims will be speaking at First Unitarian Church on April 23r...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

HUD Sustainable Communities: Advance Registration Info Posted on HUD Website, NOFA Will be Delayed Unil "May 2010".

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Advance copy of Notice in Federal Register advises applicants to register NOW, and requests applicants who intend to file a application to N...
Saturday, March 13, 2010

Tri-Met's Congressional Hearing Testimony on Sustainability in Practice References HUD Grants.

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On March 10th Tri-Met General Manager Fred Hansen testified before a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Sustainability in Practic...
Friday, March 12, 2010

My Comments on HUD Advance Notice for Sustainable Communities Planning Grants.

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Comments are due by COB TODAY. Send YOUR comments to sustainablecommunities@hud.gov Feel free to extract and/or support any of the comments ...
Monday, March 1, 2010

Metro Council As Adopted Feb 11th Housing Revolving Loan Fund Ordinance Posted to Metro Housing Watch Doc.

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I have updated my Metro Housing Watch document in right pane to include a link to a PDF file with the housing revolving loan fund Ordinance...
Friday, February 26, 2010

Livable Communities Planning Grants: Two Upcoming Webcasts.

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PolicyLink has a scheduled Thursday March 4th advocates focused webcast on the new HUD Sustainable Communities Program, including an appear...
Monday, February 22, 2010

Link Corrected: METRO Housing Watch: Track What Portland Metro Council Has Seen, Heard, and Done About Affordable Housing.

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I corrected the broken link to the Metro Housing Watch document.... ----- I decided to use the vast resources of one of my favorite sites, t...
Thursday, February 11, 2010

Updated: Metro Prior $850k Housing Revolving Fund is Gone; But Metro Council Says Affordable Housing Still "Regionally Significant".

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I have extracted a "lessons learned" document HERE that was apparently discussed at a Feb 2, 2010 Metro Council Work Session-it i...
Monday, February 8, 2010

Cheat Sheet: HUD Regional Sustainability Planning Grant Advance Notice and Request for Comment.

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I have constructed a three page cheat sheet HERE that summarizes key components of the HUD Regional Sustainability Planning Grant Advance N...
Saturday, February 6, 2010

HUD Provides Advance Notice and Opportunity to Comment on Planned April $100 Million NOFA for Regional Sustainable Community Planning Grants.

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HERE HUD has provided an advance notice and an opportunity to comment on a planned April Notice of Fund Availability for $100 Million in Re...