The latest issue of HUD’s Evidence Matters: Transforming Knowledge into Housing and Community Development Policy (Winter 2012) examines how local capacity, leadership, and community connections can help regions avoid or recover from stresses, and how the federal Strong Cities, Strong Communities initiative is fostering capacity-building in some of the nation’s hardest hit areas. The issue also highlights efforts to understand regional resilience and explores cross-sector partnerships in Chicago’s south suburbs and in Chester, Pennsylvania that address growing suburban poverty.

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