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What Is a Sustainable Community?

Sustainability means tying the quality and location of housing to broader opportunities, like access to good jobs, quality schools, and safe streets. It means helping communities that face common problems start sharing solutions. It means being a partner to sustainable development, not a barrier. ~ Secretary Shaun Donovan

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HUD-DOT-EPA Partnership for Sustainable Communities

Partnership Livability Principles:

1. 2. 3. Provide more 4. transportation choices. Promote equitable, 5. affordable housing. Enhance economic competitiveness. 6. Support existing communities. Coordinate policies & leverage investment. Value communities and neighborhoods.

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Team-EJ Background
2010
Sustainable Communities

2011
EJ Interagency Working Group Agency EJ Strategy Updates

2012
Regional Engagement Training

Environmenta l Justice

Case Studies
Health

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Team-EJ Accomplishments

10%
Funding Publications
Capacity Building

Collaboration
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Partnership for Sustainable Communities

$2+ million from HUD Community Challenge and DOT TIGER II Planning Grants, EPA Brownfields Grant

City of Greenville, SC
Planning in the West Side: Brownfield to Park Health Impact Assessment Transit Planning Local Economic Development Affordable Housing Partnering with: Neighborhood associations A.J. Whittenburg Elem. School Salvation Army Kroc Center South Carolina Institute of Medicine and Public Health And more.
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For More Information

Partnership for Sustainable Communities website

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Sustainable Communities Resource Center

http://www.huduser.org/sustainability/ home.html

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Key Points of Contact

B. Suzi Ruhl, J.D., M.P.H. Senior Attorney Advisor Office of Environmental Justice US EPA (202)564-6643 ruhl.suzi@epa.gov Sunaree Marshall Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 202.402.6011 sunaree.k.marshall@hud.gov

Rebecca Higgins US DOT Policy Office, Office of the Secretary Safety, Energy, and Environment Office 202-366-7098 (office) Rebecca.Higgins@dot.gov