The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Sustainable Communities Initiative has helped communities in Washington State create jobs, become more economically viable and create housing and transportation options.
We can’t have transit systems that work for the majority of people in our cities unless we have great communities around our transit. The Puget Sound Regional Council recently received money from the HUD sustainable communities funding to plan great transit communities.
Now we need your help to protect the Sustainable Communities Initiative. The Senate is currently drafting a budget for fiscal year 2013, and among their decisions will be how to fund HUD’s Sustainable Communities Initiative. Your voice can help make sure this agency continues to help individuals and communities in the coming year.
Out friend at Futurewise have an action alert up about this very issue. Please click here right now and tell Senator Murray to support the Office of Sustainable Communities!
Senator Murray sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee, which will make this important decision by Tuesday, April 17. By speaking out today, you can help the Senator and the Committee to understand how their funding decisions will impact your neighborhood, your town or even the country.
Sustainable communities help everyone. Please join us in telling Senator Murray to support HUD’s Office of Sustainable Communities today.
