Communities nationwide may inscribe various local meanings to ''sustainability,'' said Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan at the 9th Annual New Partners Smart Growth Conference in Seattle, but their common question is how to meet the needs of today without compromising the futures of their children and grandchildren. Outlining HUD efforts to ''tie the quality and location of housing to broader opportunities such as access to good jobs, quality schools, and safe streets,'' and to reverse frequent perception of the federal government as ''a barrier to smart growth rather than a partner in smart growth,'' Secretary Donovan said its no coincidence the sudden 2008 recession often hit hardest the neighborhoods farther away from transportation, good schools and economic possibilities.
www.smartgrowth.org/news/article.asp?art=7524
www.smartgrowth.org/news/article.asp?art=7524
Article courtesy of Smart Growth Network
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment