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WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan unveiled the agency's Strategic Plan, which will serve as the agency's roadmap toward accomplishing its mission to "create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and affordable homes for all. "This Strategic Plan isn't just a paper exercise to produce a set of marching orders, but a real attempt to express what we want our agency, our homes and our neighborhoods to look like in the years to come," said Donovan during his address to all HUD staff nationwide. "The plan sets out clear goals and defines success as we take HUD to its fiftieth anniversary in 2015." Through the Strategic Plan's five specific goals, HUD will: Strengthen the housing market to bolster the economy and protect consumers, Meet the need for quality affordable rental homes, Utilize housing as a platform for improving quality of life, Build Inclusive and sustainable communities free from discrimination and Transform the way HUD does business: Source: www.hud.gov