Breaking Barriers: Securing Federal Investments in Housing Planning & Production

Course Details
The nation’s housing supply shortage is center stage in Washington — from the White House to Congress.

To encourage local and regional housing production, the Biden-Harris Administration introduced this month new actions to increase supply nationwide, including a second round of the APA-endorsed Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) program and a new Legacy Challenge program to support local adaptive reuse efforts, commercial-to-residential conversions, and housing rehabilitation. Applications for PRO Housing and Legacy Challenge close on October 15 and November 1, respectively.

Hear from US Department of Housing and Urban Development leaders about changes to PRO Housing criteria in round two of the grant program and how communities receiving Community Development Block Grants can leverage up to $250 million in loan financing through the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program. Get planners’ perspectives on how to secure transformative federal housing investments and how communities are using these programs to break down barriers to housing production and move housing plans to action.

Learning Outcomes

• Access insights from senior members of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development
• Get direct-from-DC federal agency guidance on grant programs that would invest and advance local and regional housing plans and goals
• Hear inside planner’s perspective on how communities secured round one PRO Housing Grants
• Gain new tools and insights to increase your community’s or client’s competitiveness for key federal housing planning programs