Robert L. Woodson Jr. Award

The Robert L. Woodson Jr. Award, established in 2005 by HUD's America's Affordable Communities Initiative, is designed to recognize local governments who aggressively work to reduce regulatory barriers to affordable housing. Award recipients have demonstrated exceptional leadership in alleviating unnecessary, outdated, and duplicative regulations that put the cost of housing out of reach of police officers, firefighters, teachers, returning veterans, and many other hardworking Americans.

The Woodson Award recipient for 2007 is Bowling Green, Kentucky. Their remarkable adventures in affordability are described in the July issue of our Breakthroughs newsletter.

To apply for consideration as a future Woodson Award candidate, please visit…
http://www.hud.gov/initiatives/woodson/award.cfm.

Award Recipients

2007 Recipient: Bowling Green, Kentucky

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary, Alphonso Jackson, recognized Bowling Green, Kentucky as a national model for reducing regulatory barriers by demonstrating that permit fee waivers, the implementation of flexible development standards, and amendments to zoning ordinances help increase housing opportunities for lower-income households.

For more information on specific actions taken by this year’s Woodson Award recipient, please visit
http://www.hud.gov/news/release.cfm?content=pr07-054.cfm.

2006 Recipients:

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

To read more about the 2006 Robert L. Woodson Jr. Award recipients, please visit http://www.hud.gov/news/release.cfm?content=pr06-067.cfm.

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

To read more about the 2005 Robert L. Woodson Jr. Award recipients, please visit http://www.huduser.org/rbc/pdf/woodsonawardwinners0506.pdf.