Selected Federal Resources for Architects and Planners:
Community Planning
 Department and Agencies
Journals
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Department and Agencies
Department of Housing and Urban Development  (HUD) http://www.hud.gov/
    Community Plans
      Executive summaries of consolidated plans containing community information are available for selected communities across the United States. This would include cities within Alabama.

    The HUD USER Bibliographic Database
      The HUD USER Database contains more than 8,000 full-abstract citations to research reports, articles, books, monographs, and data sources including housing policy, building technology, economic development, and urban planning.

    Professional organizations
      Includes links for everything from appraisers, to finance, to mayors.

    Cities/Communities
      Just one of HUD's Reading Room Bookshelves, it includes publications and information on community development, economic development, disaster relief, and environmental issues.

    Community 2020 Maps
      Interactive internet mapping of HUD projects.

Department of Transportation  http://www.dot.gov/

Journals

    Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research
      strives to share HUD-funded and other research on housing and urban policy issues with scholars, government officials, and others involved in setting policy and determining the direction of future research.
       
    U.S. Housing Market Conditions
      Each issue includes a summary of the overall trends in national housing and a topical piece that describes a particular, noteworthy aspect of housing activity.
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