The Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada, was nominated to the 2005 ICMA Annual Awards Program for its Children's Water Festival.

The Upper Arlington, Ohio, environmental mediation program was nominated to the 2005 ICMA Annual Awards Program.

The village of Round Lake Beach, Illinois, Home Acquisition and Rehabilitation Program was nominated to the 2005 ICMA Annual Awards Program.

The Yukon, Oklahoma, public service/reserve fund sales tax was nominated to the 2005 ICMA Annual Awards Program.

This report highlights exclusionary, discriminatory, and unnecessary regulations as formidable barriers to affordable housing.