New Updates on The Edge - 10/11/2011

New on The Edge

ResearchWorks:
Collaborating to Strengthen Rental Policy
The Rental Policy Working Group — a group consisting of the White House Domestic Policy Council and three federal departments; the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the U.S. Department of the Treasure, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture — solicited input of stakeholders in affordable housing to improve rental policy coordination among all involved parties. Read this article to learn more about the results.

Partner Reports:
Planning in Advance, at Scale, and in Stages: New Urban Planning Goes Global
The UN-Habitat is pioneering a new five-pillar approach to carry out its twin mandate to: provide adequate shelter for all and establish an international plan for sustainable urban development. Read this article to learn more about the five pillars and how the agency aims to establish this new generation of collaborative initiatives.

In Practice:
Cutting-Edge Green Affordable Housing in El Paso, Texas
The nation’s first net zero public housing community — Paisano Green — has broken ground in El Paso, Texas. This article details the development’s ambitious sustainable design and also highlights some obstacles that had to be overcome to see this project come to fruition.

From the Assistant Secretary:
HIV/AIDS Housing
Assistant Secretary Raphael Bostic was a featured speaker at the sixth annual Housing and HIV/AIDS Research Summit titled Eliminating HIV Health Disparities: Is housing the key to ending the AIDS crisis? He offered his thoughts on how researchers can help advance policy in the area of HIV/AIDS housing.