Toward a National Urban Environmental Policy

Today, Federal housing and community development programs and environmental protec tion mandates are undergoing intense scrutiny. Long-standing strategies for improving both the built and the natural environments are being questioned. And the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are committed to significant reinvention and reform. This can, and should, be a time for urban and environmental advocates to reexamine the interaction of their respective efforts and rediscover common objectives. Improving urban communities and protecting the natu ral environment have worked at cross-purposes for too long.