Affordable Communities Initiative
Press Releases and Newsletters

• 06/10/03: HUD announces initiative to focus on reducing regulatory barriers Bryant Applegate to lead department-wide affordable housing effort
• 03/15/04: HUD helping communities expand affordable housing through Regulatory Reform - New brochure introduced as a part of America's Affordable Communities Initiative
• 03/26/04: HUD to offer affordable housing funding incentives Priority points designed to encourage communities to reduce excessive barriers to affordable housing
• 09/02/04: President Bush calls for reducing excessive regulation (was linked to http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/09/20040902-5.html)
• 11/17/04: Home Builders Magazine looks at reducing barriers to affordable housing
• 02/14/05: "Why Not?" Report Studies Impact of Regulatory Barriers on Working Families
• 06/15/06: HUD honors four communities with Woodson Award
• 06/25/07: Jackson appeals to nation's mayors to cut red tape choking workforce housing

Speeches

• Bryant Applegate's Speech on the American Affordable Communities Initiative
• U.S. Conference of Mayors
• NACO Legislative Conference

National Call to Action Newsletter (2008)

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April May June

July August September

Content Archived: April 9, 2010