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Code Reform and Rehabilitation, TIF and Road Improvements, Written Commitments to Reduce Processing Times

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We've just posted a very informative edition of
Breakthroughs on the Regulatory Barriers Clearinghouse
(RBC) website. In this issue, located on our site at
archives.huduser.gov/rbc/archives/newsletter/vol4Iss5.html,
you'll see how local governments are using tax policies,
streamlined processing, and building code reforms to
assist in developing or rehabilitating housing.

Topics in this issue include...

o How authorities in Columbus, Ohio have worked with the
development community to craft a memorandum of agreement
that establishes mandatory timelines for processing
development requests;

o How Rapid City, South Dakota is using Tax Increment
Financing to fund road improvements tied to an apartment
development; and

o How the International Code Conference's recent building
code for existing structures creates more realistic
requirements for rehabilitation.

If your community has undertaken similar reforms, we'd
like to know about them. Call us at 1-800-245-2691/option
4 or send us an email at rbcsubmit@huduser.gov. Who
knows, we could be highlighting your community's efforts
in 2006!