How does HUDs Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grants NOFA relate to the TIGER II/Community Challenge Planning Grants NOFA that was recently released?
On June 21, 2010, HUD and the US Department of Transportation (DOT) announced a joint notice of funding availability for both HUD’s $40 Million Community Challenge Planning Grant program and up to $35 million of the FY10 funds available for DOT’s TIGER II Planning Grants. The Community Challenge Planning Grants are targeted towards more localized planning efforts to improve and update land use and zoning. The TIGER II Planning Grant Program will fund the planning, preparation or design of surface transportation projects that would be eligible for funding under the TIGER II Discretionary Capital Grant program. The list of eligible applicants is limited to include State and local governments, transit agencies, port authorities, MPOs, other political subdivisions of State or local governments, and multi-State or multijurisdictional groupings. Applicants seeking funding through the joint DOT/HUD NOFA must meet a July 26, 2010 pre-application deadline. For more information on the TIGER II/
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