Transportation and Health Resource Hub - Guidebook

Universal design guide book          

This document provides guidance regarding universal design for affordable housing. Developed with Regional investment partners and funders, the authors worked collectively with a local affordable housing developer to first define and secondly create "universal design"  by applying the guide book principles to new development in the Portland Metro area. The guidelines address a full range of affordable housing topics and demonstrates how to apply them.

Health promoting community design: outline of expected returns

This toolkit provides general findings from project returns of health-promoting projects. With a better informed understanding of project outcomes, practitioners can expand efforts to create healthier and more livable places. This resource demonstrates that health promoting community design features hold the potential to provide economic, health, and ecological co-benefits to communities. Case studies from across the country, consolidated here, provide useful reference for those considering how or why to build healthier communities.