Federal agencies can lease federal historic buildings (or portions thereof) to nonfederal partners for residential, commercial, and other new uses. Learn more about the ACHP’s work to promote such leveraging of historic federal buildings for community benefit.

Saving our history starts with engaging young people today. Historic preservation is all about connecting places to people and building communities. In order to continue to advance the historic preservation movement for the future, we need to connect all people, from all cultures, diverse backgrounds, different walks of life and all ages to historic sites, cultural landscapes and sacred sites.

Agencies and organizations that are members of the ACHP are promoting more livable and sustainable communities through preservation. Key Links

Abigail Gautreau: PhD Candidate

Ruth Lambert, Ph.D., Cultural Program Director, San Juan Mountains Association

Ignacio (Nash) R. Camacho, Traditional Navigator

Many communities across America are experiencing housing shortages, especially shortages of affordable housing. Tackling this challenge requires a multi-pronged effort, of which rehabilitation of historic buildings is a critically important component.

The ACHP promotes sustainable and resilient communities where historic properties are used as assets for promoting energy efficiency and community livability, and are prepared for climate impacts.

Agencies and organizations at the federal, tribal, state, and local level (and internationally) are issuing studies on climate impacts to historic properties and guidance on how to address such impacts.  ACHP Climate Change and Historic Preservation Policy Statement - June 2023 Cultural Landscapes

Robert Gurley, Director of Advocacy at Preservation Society of Charleston, South Carolina