Federal Policy for Historic Preservation Nancy E. Boone Federal Preservation Officer U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Federal Policy for Historic Preservation

Nancy E. BooneFederal Preservation Officer

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Formula Grant Programs

– Federal funding allocated by formula to states and units of local government

– Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)

– HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME)

– Choices about how to spend it are LOCAL

– HUD Consolidated Plan sets priorities -- opportunity for public input http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/about/conplan/

Philadelphia

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OneCPD Resource Exchange https://www.onecpd.info/manage-a-program/

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Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)

National Objectives:

• Benefiting Low and Moderate Income Persons

• Preventing or Eliminating Slums or Blight • Meeting Urgent Needs

Former Wilson SchoolCasper, Wyoming

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Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)

• Building Rehabilitation

• Planning

• Feasibility Studies

• Survey and Nomination http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=DOC_14211.pdf

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Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP)

• Foreclosed and Abandoned Buildings– Purchase – Rehabilitate– Landbank– Demolish– Redevelop

• Choices are local

• Funding ended, but program income may continue

New Haven, Connecticut

Lafayette Place Lofts( former Sears),Pontiac, Michigan

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HOME Investment Partnerships

• Affordable housing for low-income households

Lincoln Avenue ApartmentsGoshen, IN

Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI)

• Transform areas with distressed public and assisted housing into mixed income

neighborhoods

• Planning

• Implementation Iberville New Orleans

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Office of Economic Resilience

• Regional Planning grants to integrate housing, transportation, economic development, and energy

• Community Challenge grants to reduce barriers to affordable, economically vital, and sustainable communities

• Preferred Sustainability Status

• Weinland Park urban food district and job center, Columbus

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Promise Zones• Goals : jobs, educational opportunities, affordable housing,

public safety

• Federal partnership with localities

• Priority for federal assistance

• Americorps volunteers

• Potential tax benefits for hiring and investment (pending Congressional approval)

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HOPE VI Main Street Grant

• Create affordable housing on historic Main Streets

El Dorado, KansasMayesville, SC

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Green Preservation Plus• Fannie Mae/FHA refinancing of multi-family properties

• Combines funds for energy improvements along with refinancing mortgage balance

• Offered through Fannie Mae’s network of Delegated Underwriting and Servicing (DUS®) and Special Affordable lenders Gallagher Mansion, Baltimore

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203(k) Loan

• Administered by Federal Housing Administration (FHA) through approved FHA Lenders http://www.hud.gov/ll/code/llslcrit.cfm

• “Funds for Handyman-Specials and Fixer-Uppers” - loan for purchase or refinance of a property plus the cost of

making the repairs and improvements

• “Streamlined (k)” limited to simple weatherization measures like storm windows and doors, insulation, weather stripping, etc.

Section 106

“Assumption of Review Authority”

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Responsible Entity (RE) Local, state or tribal governments that haveassumed the federal agency’s environmental review authority and responsibility for projectswithin their jurisdiction, including those forwhich they are grantees

• Responsible Entity is the “Agency Official” in Section 106

• Responsible Entity is the decision-making party

• Applies to many programs including NSP, CDBG, HOME, CNI, HOPE VI, and Public Housing

Request for Release of Funds (RROF)

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• Revision added certification of compliance with Section 106 process including consultation with SHPO, Indian tribes, and the public

• 15 day public comment period prior to release of funds

• HEROS on-line management system

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ACHP Policy on Affordable Housing and Historic Preservation

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

ResourcesOneCPD https://www.onecpd.info/

Google HUD [program]

Regional and FieldEnvironmental Officers https://www.onecpd.info/environmental-review/hud-environmental-staff-contacts /

HUD Federal Preservation OfficerNancy E. BooneOffice of Environment and EnergyCommunity Planning and [email protected]