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January 10, 2023
Congress Funds New ‘YIMBY’ Grants for Zoning Reform
Congress passes a new $85 million grant program aimed at zoning reform. The funding represents a new and significant incentive and support for local zoning reform and planning for housing affordability. -
December 15, 2022
A New Framework for Understanding Tax-Increment Financing
Uncovering JAPA: New analysis of the public costs and private gains of TIF. -
September 20, 2022
Five+ Federal Infrastructure Programs Every Planner Should Know
The passage of the landmark Bipartisan Infrastucture Law saw the largest direct investment in community planning in a century. Here are 5+ new or expanded programs created by BIL that every planner should know about right now. -
March 10, 2022
Harnessing Improvement Districts to Increase Physical Activity
This blog post provides an overview of improvement districts as a planning approach to increase physical activity in small and rural communities through everyday destinations. It is part of the Everyday Destinations series. -
December 2, 2021
Parents in Vancouver's Dense Family-Oriented Urbanism
Uncovering JAPA: Exploration of how policy, family-oriented design, and programming has the ability to influence parents' locational choice in where to raise their family. -
August 4, 2021
Pro-Planning Infrastructure Bill Poised to Clear Senate Hurdle
Planners' infrastructure priorities will hit an important milestone later this week (August 4, 2021) when the Senate passes the bipartisan infrastructure bill. -
July 24, 2018
House Transportation Chair's Infrastructure Plan Includes Gas Tax Increase
House Transportation Chairman Bill Shuster proposes phased, temporary gas tax increases to fund infrastructure spending and an expanded grant program to fund projects. -
March 1, 2018
Tax Law Creates New Opportunity Zone Program; Planners Must Act Early
The deadline for states to apply for an Opportunity Zone designation is fast approaching. Planners need to act quickly to ensure that their communities do not miss out on this important opportunity. -
February 21, 2018
Taking the "UD" Out of HUD: President's Proposed Budget Kills Off Programs
The President's FY 2019 budget proposal dramatically changes the core functions of HUD by eliminating all community development programs and cutting off funds for renovating and modernizing public housing. -
November 21, 2017
For Better Tax Reform, Learn from History
If tax reform is intended to spur economic growth and investment, it should retain historic tax credits (HTCs) — an incentive for boosting private investment in the rehabilitation of old buildings. -
November 21, 2017
Tax Reform Negotiations on the Horizon
Congress heads home for Thanksgiving having made significant progress on tax reform legislation. The House of Representatives passed its bill, and the Senate's legislation will head to the floor soon. -
July 11, 2017
Congress Behind on FY 2018 Budget and Appropriations Work, Again
Congress moves on the Budget and Appropriations Process, but uncertainty still looms for Fiscal Year 2018. -
May 24, 2017
Official Presidential FY 2018 Budget Released: It’s Officially Bad for Planners
APA's coverage of the President Trump's full budget proposal for FY 2018: it shifts $54 billion away from critical domestic programs and makes a devastating disinvestment in the nation’s communities. -
May 2, 2017
Congress Reaches Deal for FY 2017, Preserves Programs Critical to Planning
After seven months of short-term spending bills, Congressional leadership reached a deal over the weekend to finalize spending for the current 2017 fiscal year that began in October. -
April 24, 2017
Celebrating the Success of CDBG and HOME
Community Development Programs have impacted communities all across the country, here are just a few of the many accomplishments made possible by CDBG and HOME. -
March 21, 2017
Hudson Yards: Innovative Financing Is Developing NYC's Last Frontier
Hudson Yards, one of the largest private real estate projects in U.S. history, is being financed through innovative financing measures. -
June 7, 2016
TIGER Grant Sends Asheville's Planning Initiatives Roaring Ahead
The City of Asheville, North Carolina, leveraged federal funding to engage a marginalized community in the planning process. -
May 19, 2016
How Federal Transportation Funding Is Creating Opportunity in North Carolina
How Wilson, North Carolina, began righting past design wrongs with federal transportation funding. -
March 20, 2016
Support Federal Programs That Make American Communities Just
Partnering with local governments, planners, and residents to build neighborhoods of opportunity, promise and equity should be a fundamental goal of federal policy.
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