The objective of the Sustainable Communities Initiative is to stimulate more integrated and sophisticated regional planning to guide state, metropolitan, and local investments in land use, transportation and housing, as well as to challenge localities to undertake zoning and land use reforms.

Learn more about the initiative at these links:

Sustainable Housing and Communities >>>

Overview of Federal Interagency Partnership for Sustainable Communities Programs >>>

EPA Support for Sustainable Communities >>>

Green Communities: Smart Strategies for a Sustainable Future >>>

Transportation Department funding for Livability Initiative >>>

HUD launches $100 million Regional Planning Grant program >>>