Testimonies

Testimony to the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, Sub-Committee on Commercial and Administrative Law Field Briefing on Home Foreclosures in Memphis

By Scott Bernstein. July 19, 2010
Scott Bernstein’s presentation in Memphis on CNT’s recent research findings on a contributing cause to home foreclosures and bankruptcies and recommendations for near-term remedies that could be implemented quickly. PDF (33.7kb)

Testimony to the House of Representatives, Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity

By Scott Bernstein, June 11, 2009
CNT President, Scott Bernstein’s, testimony on the proposed bill HR2336, the Green Resources for Energy Efficient Neighborhoods Act of 2009 (GREEN Act). (PDF 1,005.6kb)

Using Linked Housing, Banking and Transportation Policy to Bring Home the Benefits of Livable Communities, Testimony

By Scott Bernstein. March 26, 2009
On March 26, CNT’s President, Scott Bernstein, and Reconnecting America’s CEO, Shelley Poticha, told Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee members and staff that transportation and housing policy and funding must be linked to unlock the market for development near stations and to enhance affordability.
(PDF 60.5kb)

Testimony on the Green Resources for Energy Efficient Neighborhoods Act of 2008

By Scott Bernstein, June 11, 2008
CNT President, Scott Bernstein’s, testimony on the proposed bill HR6078, the Green Resources for Energy Efficient Neighborhoods Act of 2008 (GREEN Act).
(PDF 314.2kb)

Featured Publications

Penny Wise, Pound Fuelish: New Measures of Housing + Transportation Affordability (PDF 5,722.7kb)

March 24, 2010
This report serves as a guide to CNT’s H+T Index which includes 337 U.S. metropolitan regions. The Index demonstrates that the way in which urban regions have grown in the last half century has had negative consequences for many Americans.

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January 31st, 2011
Transit Zones Offer Tremendous Job Growth Opportunities

Chicago is northeastern Illinois’ historic center of commerce and employment, yet over the last half century, economic activity has continuously dispersed to outlying suburbs.

June 30th, 2010
Transit-Oriented Development & Climate Change: the Symbiosis

CNT, through our partnership with the Center for Transit-Oriented Development (CTOD), has released, “Transit-Oriented Development and the Potential for VMT-related Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction.”

June 4th, 2010
HUD Secretary to Urban Leaders: Place Really Matters!

At the recent 18th Congress for New Urbanism, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan made a tremendous declaration: “For the first time in the history of federal grant competitions, I want to announce today that HUD will be using location efficiency to score our grant applications”.


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