This library of resources, relevant to DCTA recipients and smaller distressed communities, features a wide range of resources, reports, webinars, and funding opportunities that might be of interest to small governments, tribal organizations, and non-profits, including COVID-19 recovery information. Check back regularly for new resources and information!

View the newest webinars, reports, and other information available on the DCTA Program Resources page.

• 2021 and 2022 Small DDAs and QCTs, HUD Office of Policy Development and Research
   
• 2021 Picture of Preservation, National Low Income Housing Coalition and Public & Affordable Housing Research Corporation
   
• 5 Strategies to Better Serve Unbanked Tenants, National League of Cities
   
• A New Generation of Town Makers, Strong Towns
   
• AHF Live Announces Speaker Lineup, Multifamily Executive
   
• Can New Construction Methods Lower the Cost of Housing?, Shelterforce
   
• City Fiscal Conditions 2021, National League of Cities
   
• Community Development Extension Library, USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture and National Association of Community Development Extension Professionals and North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
   
• COVID-19 May Have Unexpected Benefit of Freeing Up Funds for Rural Hospitals to Invest in Technology, Healthcare Finance
   
• Does a Remote Work Strategy Make Sense for Rural Economic Developers?, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
   
• FEMA Preparedness Grants Manual, Federal Emergency Management Agency
   
• FHFA Announces Two Measures Advancing Housing Sustainability and Affordability, Federal Housing Finance Agency
   
• Fixing Finance for Small-Scale Development, Strong Towns
   
• Former New York Orphanage Site Becomes Senior Housing, Affordable Housing Finance
   
• How We Are INVESTing in America, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
   
• “If You Don’t Adapt, You Die”: Rural LISC’s Caitlin Cain on the (Surprisingly Hopeful) Path Forward to Climate Resiliency, Local Initiatives Support Corporation
   
• Love, Money, or Desperation, Strong Towns
   
• Miami Development Delivers Affordable Housing Options, Affordable Housing Finance
   
• National Housing Preservation Database (NHPD), Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation and the National Low Income Housing Coalition
   
• Paths of Greater Resistance, Strong Towns
   
• President Biden Announces the Build Back Better Framework, The White House
   
• Promoting Community Vitality & Sustainability: The Community Capitals Framework, Purdue Center for Regional Development, Purdue University
   
• Quick Fixes Won’t Solve America’s Housing Challenges, Multifamily Executive
   
• Realtors: The Impact of Student Loan Debt, Morning Consult
   
• Reenvisioning Rural America: How to Invest in the Strengths and Potential of Rural Communities, Urban Institute
   
• Revitalizing the Main Street, Revitalizing the Community, The Daily Yonder
   
• Study: Affordable Housing Residents Lack Reliable Internet Access, Affordable Housing Finance
   
• Supply Chain and Labor Hurdles Continue to Hinder Operators, Multifamily Executive
   
• Tipping the Scale: Preserving the Affordability of Unsubsidized Small-to-Medium Scale Multifamily Housing in the Southeast and Beyond, Enterprise Community Partners
   
• Two-man Show Powers Utah Rural Development Efforts, National Association of Counties
   
• USDA to Make Up to $1.15 Billion Available to Help People Living in Rural Communities Access High-Speed Internet, U.S. Department of Agriculture
   

• CDFA/BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: When it Comes to Financing Smart Cities, What Counts as Smart?, Council of Development Finance Agencies
  November 16, 2021
   
• Co-Managing Disaster Recovery and CARES Act Programs, HUD
  November 17, 2021
   
• Solutions for Affordable Housing, National Housing Conference
  November 17, 2021
   
• Money, money, money – Beyond philanthropy: What is the role of public dollars?, Center for Disaster Philanthropy
  November 18, 2021
   
• CDFA-Bricker PACE Webinar Series: PACE 2.0 – The Next 10 Years, Council of Development Finance Agencies and Bricker & Eckler Attorneys at Law
  November 30, 2021
   
• 2021 National Rural Housing Conference, Housing Assistance Council
  November 30 – December 3, 2021
   
• CDFA/BNY Mellon Development Finance Webcast Series: Affordable Housing Finance – Market Rate/Affordable/Low-Income, Council of Development Finance Agencies
  December 21, 2021
   

• Healthy Affordable Housing: Bridging Research and Practice, Consortium for Housing and Asset Management
  September 30, 2021
   
• EIG OZ Webinar Series | Government Strategies for Deploying Federal Funding in Opportunity Zones, Economic Innovation Group
  September 21, 2021
   
• Getting into Integrated Design, Urban Habitat Initiatives
  August 16, 2021
   
• Broadband Financing Series, Council of Development Finance Agencies and IceMiller Legal Counsel
  December 31, 2019
   

• USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service | America’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative Targeted Small Grants Program
  December 7, 2021
   
• U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation | WaterSMART Environmental Water Resources Projects for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022
  December 9, 2021
   
• U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration | FY 2021 American Rescue Plan Act Travel, Tourism, and Outdoor Recreation Notice of Funding Opportunity
  January 31, 2022
   
• U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service| Rural eConnectivity Program
  February 22, 2022
   
• U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration | FY 2021 ARPA Economic Adjustment Assistance Notice of Funding Opportunity
  March 31, 2022

To explore the full collection of DCTA resources, please visit the DCTA Program Resources page on the HUD Exchange.