2012 CPA Report #34B&C2012 CPA Report: #34B&C Garfield Ave – Habitat for Humanity
To: Members of the Northampton CPA Committee, c/o John Frey
From: Aaron Walker, Interim Executive Director, Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity
Date: January 28, 2013
Dear John and Committee Members,
I am pleased to be able to provide you with what I believe is the third report of Pioneer Valley Habitat’s use of CPA funds on the Garfield Avenue project. With any luck our new executive
director will submit the fourth and final report next year
History of the Garfield Avenue Project
The first home (#6 Garfield Avenue) was completed in June 2010. The second home (#4 Garfield Avenue) was completed during the summer of 2011, and the third home (#2 Garfield Avenue)
was completed during summer 2012. The first two homes are a zero lot-line structure: one has three bedrooms, the other has four. The third home is a three-bedroom unit.
The budget for each house has been approximately $125,000, which reflects about $125,000 in site costs spread across five houses, and about $100,000 in construction expense. These figures
are consistent with our building expenses at other sites in Hampshire and Franklin counties. Our site expenses have been somewhat greater than at other projects, but our partnership
with Smith Vocational School has reduced some of the subcontracting costs we normally incur.
Current and Future Work
The fourth home (3 Garfield Avenue) is under construction and is expected to be completed and sold by December 2013. Construction on the fifth home (5 Garfield Avenue) is expected to
begin in August or September 2013. Both #3 and #5 will be three-bedroom homes.
Remaining estimated costs are approximately $50,000 for 3 Garfield Ave, and $100,000 for 5 Garfield Ave.
We expect to submit a request for a $60,000 drawdown later this spring, and then to submit the request for the final $60,000 sometime after June 30, 2013.
Impact of CPA funds
Total construction expenses, not including indirect costs, for this project should total something like $625,000. All told, the CPA funds directed at this project reflect nearly 30%
of expenses. It is hard to imagine that we would have been able to build at the pace we have sustained if not for the support of the CPA committee.