Update Nov. 13: Senate Banking Staff encouraged stakeholders to contact legislators, both members of the Senate Banking committee and others, to encourage their support for the Livable Communities Act. A sample letter is available. Let your legislators know how funding for comprehensive planning and challenge grants to fund projects identified in those plans will improve quality of life in your neighborhood through increased economic competitiveness, more transportation options, and increased housing opportunities.
For those of us working to advance equitable and sustainable solutions to our nation’s housing, transportation, and community development challenges, these are exciting times at the federal level.
Please join us for a telebriefing by staff members of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on Thursday, November 12 from 2 to 3 pm Eastern to discuss an important federal policy opportunity – the pending Livable Communities Act.
To join, please call (877) 746-4263 and enter the Participant Access Code: 02 70 577#
Co-hosted by the American Planning Association, LISC, the National Housing Conference, National Housing Trust, PolicyLink, Reconnecting America, and Smart Growth America, this telebriefing will:
- Outline ways you can get engaged in advocating for the Livable Communities Act
- Detail the goals and purpose of the Act
- Examine how the Act fits in with the Obama Administration's overall Sustainable Communities agenda
To join, please call (877) 746-4263 and enter the Participant Access Code: 02 70 577#
Contact your U.S. Senators and encourage them to support the Livable Communities Act. You can fax or mail this sample letter of support. Or call and use the letter as talking points.
