Leveraging Federal Investment for Housing in Energy Communities — how IIJA and IRA funding can unlock housing production in communities undergoing economic and energy transition.

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Paul Angelone works at the intersection of housing, infrastructure, and urban policy — helping governments, nonprofits, and private-sector partners translate complex built environment challenges into funded programs, actionable knowledge, and measurable outcomes.

He currently serves as Senior Advisor for Housing and Infrastructure at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, where he leads cross-sector engagement on housing production, adaptive reuse, and energy transition across a $32 billion federal investment portfolio. Previously, he founded the Curtis Infrastructure Initiative at the Urban Land Institute and directed ULI’s Advisory Services technical assistance programs, managing 25+ engagements across U.S. cities and internationally. Earlier in his career, he coordinated interagency infrastructure and resilience initiatives at the U.S. Department of the Interior and the White House Council on Environmental Quality.

Paul holds an urban planning degree from Ball State University with a concentration in environmental and international planning, including study at CEPT University in Ahmedabad, India.

Select Projects and Publications

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Building 15-Minute Communities: A Leadership Guide

Designed as a tool to prompt conversations about 15-minute communities, the Building 15-Minute Communities: A Leadership Guide includes community-scale illustrations backed by actionable decisions that can be taken at different stages of development.

Prioritizing Effective Infrastructure-Led Development: A ULI Infrastructure Framework

The framework identifies five key areas that infrastructure investment should improve to ensure holistic and integrated urban development.

The Broadband and Real Estate: Understanding the Opportunity

The report identifies challenges and the opportunities in addressing the digital divide, the tools and techniques available for both the real estate and land use industry, and the need for communities to expand and best take advantage of this connectivity.

St. Paul, Minnesota

ReConnect Rondo, the city of Saint Paul, and the Minnesota Department of Transportation sought input from the Urban Land Institute to make recommendations on creating a freeway lid/deck over I-94.

Jacksonville, Florida

The Jacksonville Transportation Authority sought input from the Urban Land Institute to make recommendations on economic development, transit-oriented development, and automated vehicles.

Washington, D.C.

The city of Washington sought input from the Urban Land Institute to provide strategies to increase housing affordability within the high opportunity neighborhood area west of Rock Creek Park.

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri’s Park and Recreation Department sought the Urban Land Institute's advice on how to leverage the parks and boulevard system for more equitable operations, programming, and holistic development.

Detroit, Michigan

The city of Detroit sought input from the Urban Land Institute to on implementing tactical preservation (targeted adaptive reuse) to revitalize neighborhoods outside of downtown.

Greater Boston, Massachusetts

The Massachusetts Competitive Partnership sought input from the Urban Land Institute to address issues related to how a north–south rail link would impact regional transportation and real estate values within the Boston region and downtown specifically.

Georgetown, South Carolina

The city and county of Georgetown, SC sought the Urban Land Institute's advice on repositioning the waterfront following the closure of a steel mill.

Seattle, Washington

The city of Seattle, WA sought the Urban Land Institute was tasked with finding recommendations for enhancing the resilience of Georgetown and South Park against both sea level rise and increasing stormwater from a changing climate along the Lower Duwamish River.

St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana

St. Tammany Parish, LA requested ULI look at their resilience philosophy and completed studies to begin to connect-the-dots on how projected growth should occur within the Parish.

Buffalo, New York

The Buffalo Central Terminal Restoration Corporation sought input from the Urban Land Institute to address issues related to the adaptive reuse of the Central Terminal and revitalization of the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The Fort Lauderdale Downtown Development Authority sought input from the Urban Land Institute to provide strategic advice on improving the public realm and building resilience in downtown.