Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program Advance Notice | Apply Online

Opportunity Summary:

The Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program Advance Notice is a Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announcement intended to signal a forthcoming funding opportunity, but it is not an active solicitation. The notice repeatedly emphasizes that this is advance notice only and that HUD is not accepting applications or pre-applications at this time. It was posted June 20, 2011, with an original and current closing date listed as July 21, 2011, and an archive date of August 20, 2011. The opportunity is categorized as a discretionary grant in the community development and housing area, and it includes a cost sharing or matching requirement.

At a high level, the program is designed to support metropolitan and multi-jurisdictional regional planning efforts that bring traditionally separate policy and investment areas into one coordinated strategy. HUD’s focus is on integrated planning that links housing, land use, economic and workforce development, transportation, and infrastructure investment decisions. The intent is to help regions tackle issues that do not stop at city or county boundaries, and to encourage planning that aligns public investments so they reinforce one another rather than working at cross purposes.

The notice frames the program around four connected challenge areas that applicants are expected to address as part of an integrated regional approach: economic competitiveness and revitalization; social equity, inclusion, and access to opportunity; energy use and climate change; and public health and environmental impacts. In practical terms, that means HUD is looking for regional planning efforts that can show how housing choices, job access, transportation networks, infrastructure spending, and land use decisions jointly influence outcomes like household costs, access to employment and services, emissions and energy consumption patterns, and community health conditions.

A major emphasis of the program is partnership-driven planning. Eligibility is not aimed at a single standalone government entity acting alone; instead, an eligible applicant is described as a multi-jurisdictional and multi-sector partnership made up of a consortium of government entities and nonprofit partners. HUD also highlights a preference for nontraditional partnerships, explicitly naming groups and sectors that are not always at the center of regional planning conversations, such as arts and culture organizations, recreation entities, public health partners, food systems stakeholders, regional planning agencies, and public education entities. The idea is that durable regional strategies tend to be stronger when they reflect a broader set of community priorities and when they include institutions that influence quality of life, opportunity, and long-term development patterns.

The program’s expected outputs are not simply broad vision statements. The notice indicates that supported partnerships should translate the federal Livability Principles into actionable strategies that guide long-term development and reinvestment. It also stresses evidence-based planning, encouraging the use of data to set performance goals and to monitor progress over time. Another key expectation is meaningful engagement: stakeholders and residents are meant to have real decision-making roles rather than being limited to informational meetings or symbolic participation. HUD also signals that projects should demonstrate a commitment to issues of regional significance, reinforcing that the program is intended to address cross-boundary challenges and not just isolated local concerns.

Funding information in the notice indicates an estimated total program funding amount of 67,000,000 dollars. Individual awards are shown with a floor of 400,000 dollars and a ceiling of 5,000,000 dollars, suggesting HUD anticipated supporting a range of planning efforts from moderate-scale regional initiatives to larger, more complex multi-jurisdictional collaborations. Because the notice is an advance notice rather than an open competition, these figures should be understood as program parameters rather than a guarantee of availability at the time of any future application window.

The eligibility rules also include restrictions tied to prior-year awards. Specifically, FY2010 lead applicant recipients of the Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program are not eligible for awards under the FY2011 program. In addition, an application is considered ineligible if it covers a geography already covered by an FY2010 recipient. HUD includes a narrow exception related to tribal authority: HUD would allow an application where the geography overlaps with an FY2010 grant led by a tribal entity, but the new applicant may plan for their broader region only and may not plan for areas under tribal authority. These provisions are meant to prevent duplicative funding and overlapping planning scopes, while recognizing the distinct governance and jurisdictional considerations associated with tribal lands.

For those seeking more information, the notice points readers to HUD’s Funds Available website for related materials, while reiterating that no applications are being accepted under this advance notice. It provides a direct contact in HUD’s Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities: Zuleika K. Morales Romero, reachable by phone at 202-402-7683 or by email at Zuleika.K.Morales@hud.gov, with TTY access available through the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339 for individuals who are hearing or speech impaired.

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