To address key, interrelated challenges and advance our Region Forward Vision for a more prosperous, accessible, livable, and sustainable future, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ (COG) Board of Directors has set planning priorities for the next decade related to equity, transit and land use, housing, and climate change. Taken together, these priorities form a planning framework for 2030.

At its January 2022 meeting, the board agreed to focus on advancing this framework and identifying ways for COG to boost its members’ efforts turn these goals into action. Among a portfolio of programs at COG supporting this framework is the new Housing Affordability Planning Program (HAPP), made possible by the Amazon Housing Equity Fund.

Through HAPP, COG is seeking applicants for grant funding to support planning initiatives and projects that could increase the amount and affordability of housing opportunities near transit.

“Now that we have forged regionwide consensus on a set of key planning priorities, including housing, I’m excited that COG is providing resources and technical support to area governments so that we can turn our goals into action,” said COG Board Chair Christian Dorsey.

Visit the Metropolitan Washington Planning Framework for 2030 page to learn more about COG's priorities as well as tools, resources, and technical assistance available to advance them.