Good Stuff from our Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

I'm passing along a link to a lecture by the Honorable Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The lecture was recently delivered at Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies, a hybrid of the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Kennedy School of Government and Public Policy. The title of the talk is, "Toward a more Sustainable Future: Housing, Place and the New Federalism". The talk was sponsored by the Foundation arm of the National Association of Homebuilders. One needs a certain amount of patience to get through the lengthy introductions and mutual admirations, but once Donovan begins talking, the effect is well worth the wait. When you choose a house, you choose so much more than a house. You get the community, access to health care, transportation, education, everything that is important for your family. Donovan's comments were fascinating. But then, I like this kind of thing.

http://www.jchs.harvard.edu/dunlop_lecture/