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Supporting New England Communities: Resource Guide to Programs of the Sustainable Communities Partnership 1/16/13 In June 2009, a Sustainable Communities Partnership was formed by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), US Department of Transportation (DOT), and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). These three agencies have pledged to ensure that housing and transportation goals are met while simultaneously protecting the environment, promoting equitable development, and helping to address the challenges of climate change. The following Livability Principles are guiding their work: Provide more transportation choices. Promote equitable, affordable housing. Enhance economic competitiveness. Support existing communities. Coordinate and leverage federal policies and investment. Value communities and neighborhoods. Building upon this national effort, the New England offices of HUD, EPA, and DOT came together to discuss opportunities for partnering at the regional level, and were then joined by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Program and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). This regional partnership is focusing on places in New England where our agencies have invested in the past (often independently), and where we could collaborate more intentionally in the future, achieving even greater results through synergy. This guide to our programs is intended to help communities identify resources available to support their sustainability efforts. Programs are organized by the six Livability Principles: Livability Principle: Provide More Transportation Choices Federal Transit Administration Programs: Metropolitan Statewide Planning (5303, 5304, 5305): These programs provide funding to support cooperative, continuous, and comprehensive planning for making transportation investment decisions in metropolitan areas and statewide. Eligible recipients include State Departments of Transpo