Comparing REAP and AHSC: State-defined versus regionally-defined funding strategies for affordable housing linked to multi-modal transport

California’s Senate Bill 375, adopted in 2008, calls for ongoing regional-local planning coordination to promote sustainable transportation and development patterns, through auspices of the state’s 18 Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs). However, few implementation strategies are in place to support the regional plans developed by MPOs under SB 375. For example, only one state program has been established to provide ongoing support for housing projects linked to sustainable transport investments, namely, the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program, established in 2014. In 2019, the situation changed somewhat with initiation of the ad hoc (not ongoing) Regional Early Action Planning (REAP) Grants program, which disburses funds to MPOs based on metro area population projections, for regionally-designed strategies, which require state approval, for projects fostering affordable housing provision linked to multi-modal transport. This research project will contrast and compare key elements of program design, administration, and projected benefits from the REAP and AHSC programs, with the aim of considering how and whether a state-led strategy (AHSC) differs from regionally-designed strategies (through REAP), in furthering SB 375 goals through funding that allocated for similar specific purposes. The research findings will be useful to policymakers seeking to consider how to improve multi-level policy coordination for sustainable development.

• Record URL:
  https://ncst.ucdavis.edu/project/comparing-reap-and-ahsc-state-defined-versus-regionally-defined-funding-strategies

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $133476
• Contract Numbers:

  DOT 69A3552348319

  DOT 69A3552344814

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  California Air Resources Board

  1001 I St
  Sacramento, California  United States  95814
• Managing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  University of California, Davis

  1 Shields Ave
  Davis, California  United States  95616
• Project Managers:

  Iacobucci, Lauren

• Performing Organizations:

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  University of California, Davis
  Davis, CA  United States 

  University of California, Davis

  1 Shields Ave
  Davis, California  United States  95616
• Principal Investigators:

  Barbour, Elisa

• Start Date: 20240401
• Expected Completion Date: 20250331
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coordination; Financing; Housing; Metropolitan planning organizations; Multimodal transportation; Policy analysis; Regional planning; Sustainable development
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Finance; Planning and Forecasting; Policy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01903590
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: National Center for Sustainable Transportation
• Contract Numbers: DOT 69A3552348319, DOT 69A3552344814
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Dec 27 2023 5:52PM