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The Extreme Heat “Playbook” is an actionable guide for planning and implementing measures, emphasizing evaluating existing community strengths, weaknesses, and capabilities; updating policies and protocols to address current and future conditions; lowering cooling costs; and highlighting the critical importance of resilience amid climate change, given the increase of severe extreme heat events. The guide includes 16 specific strategies, along with examples, to address soaring temperatures while also identifying HUD and Federal agency funding sources and guiding grantees to plan for and address extreme heat events.
The “Playbook” aligns with the National Heat Strategy introduced by the Biden-Harris Administration to coordinate a “whole-of-government” approach to extreme heat from 2024 through 2030, as well as the newly-launched Extreme Heat Call to Action and the White House Climate Resilience Framework. It builds on the foundation of HUD’s Extreme Heat Quick Guide released last April and equips communities with tools and strategies to mitigate the impacts of extreme heat, and ensure safety, health, and resilience – particularly for vulnerable residents.
HUD also launched its updated Environmental Justice webpage equip with information on what the Department is doing under the Biden-Harris Administration’s Justice 40 Initiative, information on HUD’s program partnerships, and other useful resources and tools related to environmental justice. The newly updated webpage also highlights examples of the impactful work HUD is doing to expand environmental justice across HUD programs.
HUD is committed to making valuable resources available that support community involvement in environmental and health hazard safety and address the risks of extreme heat impacts.
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