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Federal Policy for
Historic Preservation
Nancy E. Boone
Federal Preservation Officer
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
Philadelphia
– HUD Consolidated Plan sets priorities -- opportunity for public input
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/about/conplan/
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
OneCPD Resource Exchange
https://www.onecpd.info/manage-a-program/
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG)
National Objectives:
• Benefiting Low and Moderate
Income Persons
•
Preventing or Eliminating
Slums or Blight
• Meeting Urgent Needs
Former Wilson School
Casper, Wyoming
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG)
• Building Rehabilitation
• Planning
• Feasibility Studies
• Survey and Nomination
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/doc
uments/huddoc?id=DOC_14211.pdf
Neighborhood Stabilization Program
(NSP)
• Foreclosed and Abandoned Buildings
– Purchase
– Rehabilitate
– Landbank
– Demolish
– Redevelop
New Haven, Connecticut
• Choices are local
• Funding ended, but program
income may continue
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Lafayette Place Lofts
( former Sears),
Pontiac, Michigan
HOME Investment Partnerships
• Affordable housing for
low-income households
Lincoln Avenue Apartments
Goshen, IN
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Choice Neighborhoods Initiative
(CNI)
• Transform areas with distressed public and
assisted housing into mixed income
neighborhoods
• Planning
• Implementation
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Iberville
New Orleans
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
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
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)
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
HOPE VI Main Street Grant
• Create affordable housing on historic Main Streets
El Dorado, Kansas
Mayesville, 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
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Gallagher Mansion, Baltimore
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.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Section 106
“Assumption of Review Authority”
• Responsible Entity (RE)
Local, state or tribal governments that have
assumed the federal agency’s environmental
review authority and responsibility for projects
within their jurisdiction, including those for
which 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
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Request for Release of Funds (RROF)
• 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
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
ACHP Policy on Affordable Housing
and Historic Preservation
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development
Resources
OneCPD https://www.onecpd.info/
Google HUD [program]
Regional and Field
Environmental Officers
https://www.onecpd.info/environmental
-review/hud-environmental-staff-contacts/
HUD Federal Preservation Officer
Nancy E. Boone
Office of Environment and Energy
Community Planning and Development
202-402-5718
[email protected]
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development