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Minnesota Neighborhood Institute

Neighborhood Funders Group Annual Conference

Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy

Office for International and Philanthropic Innovation

Minneapolis, MN

29 September 2010

HUD as a Hub

President Obama has charged his administration with finding new solutions to old problems by working across public, private and civic sectors

IPI will help position “HUD as a Hub” for innovation by convening new partners and collaborating across agency, organizational, sector and international boundaries

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Mission:Use the best available evidence, innovations, and lessons from philanthropic and international partners to help assure HUD achieves long-term community-building results and return on taxpayer dollars, supporting a “triple bottom line” approach – financial, social, and environmental accountability.

Vision:To build new capacity and clarity within HUD to learn from the best that philanthropic and international organizations have to offer about transforming places of disinvestment into places of opportunity and hope.

Mission:Invest in quality, affordable homes, and build strong, safe, healthy communities for all

Vision:For Residents: We will improve lives by creating affordable homes in safe, healthy communities, and by protecting the rights and affirming the values of a diverse society

For Partners: We will be a flexible, reliable problem solver and a valued source of innovation

For Employees: We will be a great place to work where employees are mission driven, results-oriented, innovative, and collaborative

For the Public: We will be a good neighbor, building sustainable communities that create value and investing public money responsibly to deliver results that matter

Source: Draft HUD 2010-2015 Strategic Plan

PD &RVision:

To be the preeminent housing and urban research

organization, one which conducts policy analysis and creates and synthesizes data and evidence through open,

challenging, creative, collaborative, diverse, and

respectful exchanges of ideas to move policy and improve American communities and

lives.

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Goals:1. Strengthen the Nation’s Housing Market to Bolster the Economy and Protect Consumers

2. Meet the Need for Quality Affordable Rental Homes

3. Utilize Housing as a Platform for Improving Quality of Life

4. Build Inclusive and Sustainable Communities Free from Discrimination

5. Transform the Way HUD Does Business

Source: Draft HUD 2010-2015 Strategic Plan

Goals:1. Generate lessons, evidence, and best practice in housing and community development from the philanthropic and international sectors that can be applied to HUD’s work

2. Advance HUD’s capacity and competency to achieve better results through innovation and multi-sector, multi-national networks, including leaders in philanthropic, corporate, NGOs, and academic arenas

3. Develop collaborations that align ideas, investments, and resources for transformative and sustainable development in partnership with philanthropic and international partners

PD&R

IPI Core Activities IPI works with two primary sectors –

International & Philanthropic Within the International and

Philanthropic sectors IPI provides support to HUD and PD&R in four activity areas:1. Outreach & Information Exchange2. Client Management & Assistance3. Research & Knowledge Management4. Joint Research & Project Co-Investment

Focus on (ROI X 2) IPI must focus on:

Return on Investment – ability to maximize time, talent, resources that result in moving HUD goals forward.

Return on Innovation – ability to maximize new or renewed ideas, practices and models that result in moving HUD goals forward.

Finding new solutionsTransformation Collaboratives – high-capacity learning networks drawing from philanthropy, international organizations, and other partners.

Example: What Works Collaborative•Foundations, universities, and research organizations convened to help inform HUD’s strategic plan and policy agenda in the face of the recession.

•Partners have proven able to rapidly align ideas, networks, and resources and apply them to urgent policy and practice challenges.

Disseminating new ideas IPI will help feed innovation

and transformation by disseminating state-of-the-art information about strategies to create sustainable, healthy communities for all.

“Real time” lessons learned will be shared with HUD staff and partners through face-to-face and distance-shrinking technology.

HUD Office of

Policy Development and Research

IPI DESIGN

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2010-2011 International & Philanthropic Focus Areas

OIPI will generate lessons, learning, and partnerships that can be applied to HUD activities in support of strategic priorities like revitalization and sustainability.

Office of Sustainable Housing & Communities

• Basics of Sustainability• Office of Sustainable

Housing and Communities• Partnership for

Sustainable Communities• Energy and Climate

Partnerships

Overview

• While every community has a different interpretation of sustainability….

• “For HUD, sustainability means tying the quality and location of housing to broader opportunities, like access to good jobs, quality schools, and safe streets. It means helping communities that face common problems start sharing solutions. It means being a partner to sustainable development, not a barrier”.

~ Secretary Shaun Donovan

Basics of Sustainability

Goal: To help build stronger, more sustainable communities by connecting housing to transportation, fostering local innovation, and building a clean energy economy

Details:• Office created in FY 2010 • Overseen by Deputy Secretary Ron Sims• Managed by Director Shelley Poticha

One component of an integrated federal strategy

Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities

• HUD, DOT, EPA have formed the Partnership for Sustainable Communities and are committed to aligning programs and resources in support of 6 Livability Principles

Partnership for Sustainable Communities

Partnership Principle:Provide More Transportation Choices

Partnership Principle:Promote Equitable, Affordable Housing

Chattanooga, TN

Partnership Principle:Enhance Economic Competitiveness

PartnershipPrinciple:Support Existing Communities

Greenville, NC

Portland, OR

Partnership Principle:Coordinate Policies and Leverage Investments

Traverse City, MI

Adams, IA

Partnership Principle: Value Communities and Neighborhoods

Sustainable Communities Initiative• Goal: to stimulate more integrated regional

planning to guide state, metropolitan, and local investments in land use, transportation and housing, as well as to challenge localities to undertake zoning and land use reforms

• HUD Resources:– $100 million for S.C. Regional Planning Grants– $40 million for S.C. Challenge Grants– August 23, 2010 application dates

HUD’s Role in Sustainable Communities Partnership

• HUD - DOE Weatherization Partnership– Secretaries Donovan and Chou signed

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enable the cost effective energy retrofits of a total of 1,226,000 homes in FY 2010 and FY 2011

Energy and Climate Partnerships

• HUD - DOE – EPA Partnership– FY2010 initiative to provide consumers

and lenders with an easily understood home energy rating

Energy and Climate Partnerships

• Visit on the web! www.hud.gov/sustainability• Email at sustainablecommunities@hud.gov

Sustainable Communities

Contact Us:

• Visit on the web! www.huduser.org/ipi• Email at ipiinfo@huduser.org

International and Philanthropic Innovation