GovExec Daily: How Federal Housing Policy Can Promote Climate Resiliency
Sarah Cunningham and Doug Criscitello join the podcast to discuss budgeting can work toward advances in equity and environmental justice that can result in broad economic growth.
Climate change is an emphasis for President Joe Biden and his administration has promised a government-wide focus on climate. Federal housing and community development programs will be a part of that focus, including at the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Sarah Cunningham is a director at Summit Consulting and a former official with the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Office of Management and Budget Doug Criscitello is currently a Managing Director with Grant Thornton Public Sector LLC and is also a former official with HUD and OMB. They are co-authors of a post on GovExec now headlined "Climate Resilience Starts at Home.” They joined the show to discuss the intersection of climate and housing policy in the Biden administration.