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Neighborhood
Preservation (NPP)
| Description: |
Provides
direct financial and technical assistance to municipalities over a
three to five year period to conduct activities associated with the
preservation of designated neighborhoods based on strategic revitalization's
plans within those municipalities.
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| Assistance
Provided To: |
Municipalities. |
| Type
of Assistance: |
Financial-Grants
and Loans. |
| Funding
Source: |
State
Aid Appropriation. |
| Procedure
for Applying: |
Submit
application in response to statewide request for proposal when funds
are available. |
| Contact: |
Terence Schrider
- (609)
633-6283
tschrider@dca.state.nj.us
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Neighborhood
Preservation Program Application Information:
Neighborhood
Preservation (NPP) Program Application (SAGE)
Additional
Program Information:
What
is the Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP)?
Who
may apply for NPP funding?
When
can municipalities apply?
What
are the evaluation criteria?
How
may NPP funds be used?
How
much financial assistance is available to a municipality?
NPP
Staff - Contact Information
What
is the Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP)?
The Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP) began with the passage of
the “Maintenance of Viable Neighborhoods Act” in 1975. This
legislation established a program of grants to encourage and promote the
social and economic strengthening and development of neighborhoods. It
was envisioned that this would be achieved through the cooperative, concentrated
efforts of residents, local lending institutions, businesses, municipal
governments and the State of New Jersey. The Neighborhood Preservation
Program takes a comprehensive approach to neighborhood development, which
affords municipalities flexible and creative options.
The Neighborhood Preservation Program (NPP) directly serves targeted neighborhoods
throughout the state and provide money to revitalize areas in decline.
An overall comprehensive cooperative approach that includes all sectors
of the community and promotes unified effort has proven to be a successful
strategy.
Who
may apply for NPP funding?
All municipalities in New Jersey that wish to participate in an open competitive
application process and demonstrate municipal resolve to form partnerships
which are willing to work toward revitalizing a local residential area
that meets the “Threatened, but Viable” criteria.
Threatened, but viable
neighborhoods are:
Neighborhoods that are beginning to decline but can be rehabilitated and
restored by cultivating existing social, economic, financial, and technical
resources toward the development and implementation of planned activities
that sustain neighborhood vitality.
When
can municipalities apply?
The Department of Community Affairs notifies New Jersey municipalities
when grant funds are available and applications can be submitted online
(SAGE).
What
are the evaluation criteria?
The following criteria are used in evaluating applications for the Neighborhood
Preservation Program:
• Has the
municipality demonstrated an understanding of local needs and how the
NPP would enable them to address those needs.
• The neighborhood
income mix, especially the proportion of low- and moderate-income residents.
• The neighborhood
size and extent of problems: Can the area be effectively turned around
in a one- to five-year period with the resources available?
• A demonstrated
commitment to neighborhood preservation by the public and private partnership
fostered by the municipality.
• Each municipality
must have received substantive certification from the Council on Affordable
Housing (COAH), is in the process of petitioning COAH for substantive
certification, or is willing to do so.
How may NPP funds be used?
The Neighborhood Preservation Program strives to be flexible in terms
of how funds can be applied. The municipality may use NPP grants for any
purpose that will lead to the restoration and rehabilitation of threatened,
but still viable neighborhoods. Eligible activities include:
• Administrative
Costs
• Community
Planning
• Housing
rehabilitation, code enforcement, related commercial rehabilitation/revitalization
• Educational,
self-help activities, neighborhood organization
• Demolition,
site clearance, property acquisition and disposition
• Limited
infrastructure and public facility improvements in conjunction with
neighborhood rehabilitation activities
How
much financial assistance is available to a municipality?
Generally, awards up to $100,000 can be granted to municipalities on an
annual basis for 3 to 5 years. All awards are based on program performance.
NPP
Staff - Contact Information
Colleen Devereux - (609) 633-6329
cdevereux@dca.state.nj.us
William Popko - (609)
633-6269
wpopko@dca.state.nj.us
Caroline Woodrow -
(609) 633-7121
cwoodrow@dca.state.nj.us
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