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

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 SchoolCasper, Wyoming

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)

• Building Rehabilitation

• Planning

• Feasibility Studies

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

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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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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, 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

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

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)

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

• 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

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 Development202-402-5718Nancy.E.Boone@HUD.gov