What they want the communities to do is apply for the work they will do. HUD (the Department of Housing and Urban Development) wants to know how many roofs, how many plumbing systems and how...

One of the first things we do at the beginning of the process is to get opinions from citizens and officials.

We would like to have input from a good cross-section of the community. I would like to wrap up the interviews and surveys within two weeks at the latest.

It will be a little more competitive than it was before.