1. The HUD-DOT-EPAPartnership forSustainable Communities National Housing Conference Partners in InnovationPreserving Affordable RentalHousing Near Transit September 28, 2010

2. The HUD-DOT-EPA PARTNERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES Goals

President Obama has challenged our agencies to work together :

• To coordinate our polices, programs and resources

• To encourage and assist rural, suburban, and urban areas

• To build and make sustainable communities the leading style of development in the US

3. Six Partnership Principles 4. HUD-DOT-EPA PARTNERSHIP FORSUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES Regional Progress

Integrated Federal Approach

• Know each others agency

• Review of funding proposals

• Planning processes

• Connect to state/locals and communities

Projects and Programmatic Focus

• Urban/Suburban

• Tribal

• Rural

5. EPA and TOD

Brownfields Program flexible clean-up

AQ Planning TOD and VMT reduction

Water Planning TOD and water use

Environmental Justice Whos involved

6. Pre Partnership HUD,DOTand Affordable Housing

Interagency Working Group (created in 2007 before the Partnership)

Promote the role of public transportation in affordable housing through:

• strategies

• methods

• Policies

7. Products/Activities

Mixed Income Transit-Oriented Development Action Guide

Outreach and capacity building

Joint planning

Legislative recommendations

Incentives

8. Affordable Housing Near Transit Publications

FTA websitewww.FTA.DOT.GOV

Transit Oriented Development and Why Now?

Station Area Planning:How to Make Great Transit-Oriented Places

Mixed Income Housing Near-Transit:Increasing Affordability with Location

9. Transit Oriented (TOD) and Joint Development (JD)

TOD compact, mixed-use development within walking distance of transit

JD development of real property, near transit, purchased with FTA funds

10. FTA Funding for TOD/JD

No specific TOD/JD grant program

TOD planning eligible under Metropolitan and Statewide Planning programs

JD and TOD are eligible capital expenses

11. FTA Funding for TOD/JD

TOD-related activities that FTA can fund:

• Real estate acquisition

• Demolition

• Site preparation and utilities

• Facilities that incorporate community services like healthcare and daycare

• Intermodal transfer facilities

• Parking

• Project development and professional services

• Pedestrian and bicycle improvements

12. Land Acquisition/PreservationStrategies for TOD

Surface Parking Lots

• • Acquire land for 20 yr forecast parking needs

• • Transition to structured parking

Construction Staging Areas

• • Acquire land for construction purposes

• • Consider Strategic locations for TOD alongcorridor or at stations

13. Questions?