EPA Budget Boosts Smart Growth, Brownfields Planning
By Jason Jordan Director of Policy and Government Affairs The Obama administration’s budget proposal for the Environment Protection Agency for FY 2012 would boost funding for smart growth technical...
View ArticleDOT Budget Outlines Bold Reauthorization Plan
By Jason Jordan Director of Policy and Government Affairs The Obama administration’s FY 2012 budget request lays out a new vision for the long-pending surface transportation reauthorization with a new...
View ArticleHUD Announces 'Choice Neighborhood' Grants
HUD has announced the recipients of $65 million in inaugural Choice Neighborhoods funding. $4 million in Choice Neighborhoods funding was set aside for planning grants. Seventeen communities received...
View ArticleGet the Latest Federal Budget News for Planners
The latest issue of APA’s policy e-newsletter, APA Advocate, covers the latest events of interest to planners on the federal budget front. Learn more about: Congressional passage of the FY 2011...
View ArticleVideo: Federal Budget and Local Spending Priorities
Carolyn Coleman, the director of the National League of Cities’ Center for Federal Relations, talks about the federal budget and local spending priorities with APA’s Meghan Stromberg. This interview...
View ArticleHUD Announces 13 Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants
By Jason Jordan APA Director of Policy and Government Affairs HUD announced $3.6 million in Choice Neighborhood Planning Grants to 13 communities ranging from urban to rural, including Washington,...
View ArticleHUD Budget: Funding for CDBG, Sustainable Communities, Choice Neighborhoods
By Jason Jordan APA Director of Policy and Government Affairs After a tough year for many HUD programs in FY 2012, the President’s request for a 3 percent or $1.5 billion increase to the HUD budget in...
View ArticleHUD Opens Application Period for Choice Neighborhoods Grants
HUD has published the Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the FY 2012 Choice Neighborhoods Planning Grants. Through the funding announcement, HUD is making available approximately $5 million for...
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