HUD honors four communities with Woodson Award

The Robert L. Woodson, Jr. Award was established in 2005 by the America’s Affordable Communities Initiative, a Department-wide initiative started in 2003 to help all levels of government reduce regulatory barriers to affordable housing. Named after the late, former HUD Chief of Staff, the Award commemorates Rob’s lifetime work towards empowering people through housing and urban reform. The Award is presented to state and local governments that have successfully reduced regulatory barriers to affordable housing. The following states and local governments are recipients of Robert L. Woodson, Jr. Award:

2006 Recipients:

• Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development
• Mount Joy Borough, Pennsylvania
• San Jose, California
• Suffolk County, New York

2005 Recipients:

• Austin, Texas
• Carolina, Puerto Rico
• Chicago, Illinois
• Cincinnati, Ohio
• Town of Corte Madera, California
• Fitzgerald, Georgia
• Fort Collins, Colorado
• Grand Forks, North Dakota
• King County, Washington
• Orlando, Florida
• Oxnard, California
• San Antonio, Texas
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
• White Plains, New York

Click http://www.huduser.org/rbc/pdf/woodsonawardwinners0506.pdf to learn more about these award-winning initiatives.