[MainstreetManagers] Historic Preservation Advocacy to Help Overcome the Housing Crisis: HUD Pro Housing Program and Other Opportunities

[Anna Schilling]

FYI - Closing Oct. 30 incased you missed this posting from Main Street America.

Historic Preservation Advocacy to Help Overcome the Housing Crisis: HUD Pro Housing Program and Other Opportunities

The Need for Affordable Housing

The National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP), Main Street America (MSA), and countless preservationists nationwide advocate strongly for the creation and retention of affordable housing through the use of historic preservation tools and incentives. Nearly half of Americans say<https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/03/23/key-facts-about-housing-affordability-in-the-u-s/> housing affordability is a problem in their communities. In recent research conducted by MSA<https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/NMSC/390e0055-2395-4d3b-af60-81b53974430d/UploadedImages/Resource_Center/Home_on_Main_Street.pdf>, 87 percent of local Main Street leaders stated that there is not enough housing to accommodate those who want to live in the district and 70 percent reported that the lack of built-out space holds back economic development in their downtowns or districts.

For more information, check-out:

  *   The PRO Housing Notice of Funding Opportunity<https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/comm_planning/pro_housing> and program details from HUD. Applications are due October 30, 2023.
  *   Main Street America's At Home on Main Street<https://www.mainstreet.org/howwecanhelp/mainstreethousing> research and guide.
  *   The Preservation Priorities Task Force's Affordable Housing and Density Issue Brief<https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60748c08c5e3c41f47c49cbd/t/61434d174a61ae7560b0cfc2/1631800601402/PPTF+Adfordable+Housing+and+Density+Issue+Brief.pdf>.
  *   A new Messaging Guide<https://www.napcommissions.org/messaging-guide> from the National Association of Preservation Commissions.

This information is also posted on the Main Street Portal.


Thank you,


Anna Schilling | Oklahoma Main Street
Oklahoma Department of Commerce
Anna.Schilling at okcommerce.gov<mailto:Anna.Schilling at okcommerce.gov>
p. 405-815-5225 | c. 405-212-8633 (text capable)
OKcommerce.gov<https://okcommerce.gov/>
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