Recent Streetsblog USA posts about HUD

What Does It Take to Win a Planning Grant From the Feds?

By Tanya Snyder | Nov 10, 2010 | 3 Comments

Reconnecting America has crunched the numbers on which projects won planning grants from the feds last month. Planning awards were announced through three programs: Sustainable Communities Regional Planning (SCRPG), Community Challenge, and TIGER II. It’s worth noting that these are the types of competitive grant programs that John Mica is planning to put under the microscope […]

If You Come, They Will Build It: Notes on Livability From Rail~volution

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 21, 2010 | No Comments

Those looking for hope in this era of transit service cuts took heart from the words of William Millar, President of the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), at Rail~volution yesterday. In his keynote speech, Millar reasons to hope for a better future — despite the fact that 84 percent of APTA members were cutting service, raising fares, […]

HUD Announces Winners of $100M in Sustainability Grants

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 14, 2010 | 2 Comments

Planners in 45 regions in 27 states have a little more to work with today in their efforts to shape sustainable growth. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the winners of nearly $100 million in grants from its new Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program, intended to connect “housing with good jobs, […]

Applications for TIGER II Funding Overwhelm What U.S. DOT Can Dish Out

By Tanya Snyder | Sep 27, 2010 | 6 Comments

For every dollar awarded from the U.S. DOT’s TIGER II grant program, there are more than $30 that applicants are asking for but won’t be getting. That’s the word from the DOT, which announced on Friday that it had received about $19 billion in applications for nearly 1,000 projects “from all 50 states, U.S. territories […]

Without a Plan, Sprawl Will Continue to Hollow Out Cleveland Region

By Angie Schmitt | Sep 13, 2010 | 25 Comments

If you want to get a sense of how devastating sprawl has been to the urban areas of northeast Ohio, head over to Woodlawn Avenue in East Cleveland. Between the rows of boarded up buildings, a house collapses onto itself. Graffiti pays homage to dead loved ones — “R.I.P. Fife.” Nearby, stuffed animals have been […]

Livable Communities Act Clears Senate Committee

By Ben Fried | Aug 4, 2010 | 10 Comments

The Senate Banking Committee voted 12-10 yesterday in favor of the Livable Communities Act, legislation that would bolster the Obama administration’s initiatives to link together transportation, housing, economic development, and environmental policy. Shaun Donovan, Ray LaHood, Lisa Jackson: Together forever? The Livable Communities Act would codify the partnership between HUD, US DOT, and the EPA. […]

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