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Regional housing pilot could scale up ‘Solutions for Sustainable Communities’
During May, when national colleagues such as the National Housing Conference's Center for Housing Policy, Brookings and Policylink are spotlighting the need for transportation and infrastructure policies that better promote equity and opportunity for lower income households, local leaders quietly…
News, lessons from National Housing Conference-Center for Housing Policy symposium resonate in Illinois
Well, that whet my appetite! After the first day of the National Housing Conference-Center for Housing Policy “Partners in Innovation” symposium, I don’t know which I found more encouraging: The way Shelley Poticha kicked off the conference with frank and inspiring reflections on…
Senate Banking Committee to mark up Livable Communities Act
Update: The Livable Communities Act passed out of committee and heads to the Senate floor. As communities and regions across the country craft proposals to apply for Sustainable Communities Initiative funding, the Senate Banking committee is preparing to mark-up the Livable Communities Act,…
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail
I remember this turn of phrase from one of those classic cardboard motivational signs that adorned the classroom walls of my elementary school. Its clever inversion has stuck with me all these years. And it came to mind this past weekend as I was thinking about both the holiday being celebrated…
Livable Communities Act
S 1619 and HR 4690: Federal framework to promote local competitiveness and sustainability
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  • Mar 3, 2010
The Livable Communities Act (S 1619 and HR 4690) would provide a multi-year authorization for federal sustainability initiatives. The bill authorizes $4 billion over four years for regional planning and challenge grants to make communities more livable, and eliminates federal barriers to…
Improving Housing-Transportation Linkages: Learning from listening sessions in Atlanta and Minneapolis-St. Paul
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  • Feb 23, 2010
On March 26, 2010, MPC joined representatives from the Center for Housing Policy, Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc. and ULI Minnesota in Live at the Forum to discuss recent listening sessions MPC and the Center convened in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., and Atlanta, Ga.. These…
MPC's 'big ideas' for 2010 include transformative infrastructure projects
A recent Crain’s Chicago Business column by Greg Hinz noted, “[T]ough times bring the freedom to think thoughts that you couldn’t possibly ponder when times are good and money is flowing.” And it’s true: While the economy forces a painful hiatus on new building and…
Dream Big: What would you do to improve Chicagoland’s transit?
For the first time ever, federal decision makers on housing, transportation and environment are all at the table, talking the same talk and walking the same walk. This effort, known as the Sustainable Communities Initiative, got its first wave of funding last week in the form of a $130 million…
Support the Livable Communities Act
The Livable Communities Act of 2009, sponsored by U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.), would foster equitable and sustainable development by providing resources to local and regional communities to coordinate land use, housing, transportation, and infrastructure planning. The legislation also…
Dispatches from Berlin: What American Cities Can Learn
At a time when the Chicago region is studying high speed rail, bus rapid transit, and congestion pricing, it is essential that we look closely at the successes and challenges of other transportation systems around the world, and learn from their experiences. On Nov. 3, MPC hosted a panel of three…

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