APA helps you advocate for your community.
APA staff blogs the latest news about federal legislation, events, and policies.
View APA's policy guides outlining official association positions.
Follow planning items in the federal budget from administration proposals to final adoption.
Each year APA adopts a slate of legislative priorities and a platform for policies to advance planning.
Discover how APA advances the planning agenda by filing amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs in selected cases of national importance. Read the text of APA's briefs and court decisions in the cases.
Access action alerts and send e-mail to your federal and state representatives. Get complete information on each member of Congress, track votes, and follow key issues.
Read APA's column from Executive Director Paul Farmer examining the federal domestic agenda and issues of importance to planning.
APA's Growing Smart Legislative Guidebook: Model Statutes for Planning and the Management of Change is a guidebook outlining options for model legislation.
Get the latest updates on legislative activity with APA's e-newsletter on policy issues of interest to planners and communities.
Find tools, guides and other resources for effective grassroots advocacy. Find out how to get involved!
With the U.S. economy still struggling, Americans believe community planners should play a major role in helping the nation get back on its feet, according to a national poll released by APA in June 2012.
APA Members: Enlist in basic training. Communications Boot Camp includes podcasts of webinars, how-to guides, case studies, and other online training materials — everything you need to become a forceful champion of planning in your community.
Get tips and ideas for discussing planning with your elected representatives.
Decisions made on Capitol Hill affect your plans. Attend APA's annual event to find out about new federal policies and speak out for good planning.
Learn about the partership among HUD, DOT, and EPA to help create sustainable communities, and download APA's Sustainable Communties Site Visit Toolkit.
Participate in a review of the nation's infrastructure policies that will lead to a series of recommendations and reports. Get involved.
This toolkit for APA members covers messages, public participation, media relations, and e-communications.
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