S.1619 - Livable Communities Act of 2009

A bill to establish the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, to establish the Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities, to establish a comprehensive planning grant program, to establish a sustainability challenge grant program, and for other purposes. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: A bill to establish the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, to establish the Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities, to establish a comprehensive planning grant program, to establish a sustainability challenge grant program, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Livable Communities Act of 2009 as introduced.

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8/6/2009--Introduced.Livable Communities Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) an Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC). Establishes in the executive branch an independent Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities. Requires t

Official Summary

8/6/2009--Introduced.Livable Communities Act of 2009 - Establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) an Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities (OSHC). Establishes in the executive branch an independent Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities. Requires the OSHC Director to establish a program to make comprehensive planning grants and sustainability challenge grants to eligible entities (partnerships between a consortium of units of general local government and an eligible partner, which may be a metropolitan planning organization, a rural planning organization, a regional council, or a state). Requires the use of a comprehensive planning grant to carry out a project to:
(1) coordinate land use, housing, transportation, and infrastructure planning processes across jurisdictions and agencies;
(2) identify potential regional partnerships for developing and implementing a comprehensive regional plan;
(3) conduct or update housing, infrastructure, transportation, energy, and environmental assessments to determine regional needs and promote sustainable development;
(4) develop or update a comprehensive regional plan or goals and strategies to implement an existing comprehensive regional plan; and
(5) implement local zoning and other code changes necessary to implement a comprehensive regional plan and promote sustainable development.Requires the use of a sustainability challenge grant to:
(1) promote integrated transportation, housing, energy, and economic development activities carried out across policy and governmental jurisdictions;
(2) promote sustainable and location-efficient development; and
(3) implement projects identified in a comprehensive regional plan. Directs the OSHC Director to study and report to specified congressional committees on incentives for encouraging lenders to make, and homebuyers and homeowners to participate in, energy-efficient mortgages and location-efficient mortgages.

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Organizations Supporting S.1619

  • U.S. Green Building Council
  • National Leauge of Cities
  • Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
  • American Institute of Architects
  • U.S. Conference of Mayors
  • American Public Transportation Association
  • ...and 11 more. See all.

Organizations Opposing S.1619

  • American Policy Center
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09/28/10
Stand Up, Or Lose Freedoms

...our neighborhoods, and redistributing our property? Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and his co-sponsors propose Senate Bill 1619 (S.1619) that will establish a new government agency authorized to grant money to communities in exchange for compliance with fede

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09/11/10
ACTION ALERT - LIVABLE COMMUNITIES BILL IS A SOCIALIST TRAP

...United Nations Agenda 21 policy on your community. It will destroy your community. Here's why: Sen. Dodd is lying when he says S.1619 [http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=perishdab&et=1103667418166&s=2196&e=001yj1YNbvLHqV6sHqT9MCYxDJVnKvu2CZPQ5NHxTcZYVupmoQ6

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09/11/10
ACTION ALERT - LIVABLE COMMUNITIES BILL IS A SOCIALIST TRAP

Tom DeWeese, President, American Policy Center wrote that Senator Christopher Dodd's bill, "Livable Communities Act" (S.1619), will enforce United Nations ...

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09/21/11
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01/02/11
Living Outside The Dialectic: Common Purpose UK Mindmap

I keep getting forwards that link to Tom DeWeese's last article on Senator Dodd's proposed Livable Communities Act (S.1619). http://america... An open letter to all members of local Tea Parties. An open letter to all members of local ...

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12/29/10
Living Outside The Dialectic: Independent News on Natural Health

I keep getting forwards that link to Tom DeWeese's last article on Senator Dodd's proposed Livable Communities Act (S.1619). http://america... An open letter to all members of local Tea Parties. An open letter to all members of local ...

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