2012 HUD Secretary's Opportunity and Empowerment Award Application

July 6 2011 

2012 HUD Secretary's Opportunity and Empowerment Award Application

HUD and the American Planning Association (APA) have announced the criteria for the 15th annual HUD Secretary's Opportunity and Empowerment Award, part of the APA's 2012 National Awards Program. This award honors excellence in community planning that has led to measurable benefits in terms of increased economic development, employment, education, or housing choice and mobility for low- and moderate-income residents. The award stresses tangible results and recognizes the planning discipline as an important community resource. It emphasizes how creative housing, economic development, and private investments are used in, or in tandem with, a comprehensive community development plan. The winner will be announced at APA’s National Planning Conference in Los Angeles, California on April 14–17, 2012.

Entries must be submitted online through the American Planning Association website at www.planning.org/awards/. The deadline for completed submissions is August 30, 2011. The criteria, submission information, and requirements for this competition are currently available on HUD USER at https://www.huduser.gov/portal/research/2012_OppEmpAward.pdf. APA Public Affairs Associate Roberta Rewers can be contacted by phone at 312–786–6395 or via email at rrewers@planning.org for additional information.