2012-2013 Y29 AAP v13b1
City of Northampton
Action Plan
Fiscal Year 13 July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013 Program Year 29
Table of Contents
SECTION PAGE
City of Northampton’s SF 424
Applicant Certifications
Action Plan
Executive Summary
2 - 7
Objectives/Actions 2 - 3
Allocation Summary 3
Activity Summary 4 - 7
Priority Needs/ Activities
Housing 7 - 13
Public Facilities 13 - 14
Economic Development 14 - 15
Public Services 16 - 17
Evaluation of Past Performance 18 - 19
Citizen Participation 20 - 21
Resources 22 - 27
Activity Narrative
Other Program Funds
Low/Mod. Expenditure Chart
Allocation Priorities
Affordable Housing Goals
Public Housing Goals
Homeless and Special Needs
Barriers to Affordable Housing
Fair Housing
Monitoring
Activity Spread Sheet
CDBG Project Sheets
HUD Table 3B
Action Plan Submission Checklist
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ANNUAL ACTION PLAN
July 1, 2012 - June 30, 2013
FY 13
Executive Summary
The Annual Action plan is derived from the Sustainable Northampton Comprehensive
Plan, the HUD Five Year Consolidated Plan, All Roads Lead Home - the Pioneer Valley
10 Year Plan to End Homelessness, the Northampton Housing Needs Assessment and
Strategic Plan and the citizen participation process.
The primary goals are:
Support the basic needs of individuals and families with low and moderate
household incomes
Create new housing for a range of income levels
Preserve and sustain existing affordable housing
Work to end homelessness
Encourage self-sufficiency and empowerment of people with low incomes
Facilitate economic opportunity to obtain self-sufficiency and financial
independence
Objective Addressed Action
Assisting homeless persons obtain
affordable housing
CDBG support for the Inter-Faith Cot
Shelter, the Grove Street Inn
Assisting persons at risk of homelessness CDBG support for SRO Outreach, Manna
Soup Kitchen, First Call for Help, Survival
Center, Mass. Fair Housing Center,
Community Legal Aid
Retaining the affordable housing stock CDBG support for COA Home Repair
Program, New South Street Apartments
Increasing availability of affordable
permanent housing
Support for moving Habitat, VCDC and
Housing Authority projects forward
Providing affordable housing accessible to
job opportunities
CPA support for New South Street Apts.
Improving the safety and livability of
neighborhoods
CDBG support for the COA Home Repair
Program and public infrastructure when
funding allows.
Eliminating blighting influences and
deterioration of properties and facilities
CDBG support for Home Repair Program,
James House and Fairgrounds projects
Increasing access to quality public and
private facilities
CDBG support for Forbes Library and
public housing when funding allows
Reducing isolation of income groups Support housing development projects
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through housing de-concentration when proposed in City
Restoring and preserving special
properties
CDBG support for Fairgrounds
redevelopment and James House Learning
Center
Conserving energy resources CDBG support for James House
renovation
Creating and retaining jobs CDBG support for Valley CDC Micro-
Business Assistance Program
Expanding micro businesses CDBG support for Valley CDC Micro-
Business Assistance Program
Provision of public services concerned
with employment
CDBG support for Literacy Project, Center
for New Americans, James House
Learning Center, Valley CDC Business
Assistance Program, Grove Street Inn,
Casa Latina
Availability of mortgage financing using
non-discriminatory lending practices
CDBG support for Mass. Fair Housing
Center & Valley CDC Homeownership
Center
Access to capital and credit for economic
development and asset building
CBDG support for Valley CDC Business
Assistance Center, Homeownership
Center, Literacy Project, Center for New
Americans
FY13 CDBG Budget Allocations:
Public Facilities
Senior Center Debt
James House
Grace House
Senior Center Landscaping
$ 399,165
319,861
64,659
6,000
8,645
Housing
First Time Homebuyer
Home Repair
New South Street
$ 176,000
26,000
20,000
130,000
Slums and Blight
Fairgrounds Redevelopment
$ 62,029
Economic Development
Micro-Business Program
10,000
Public Services
15% Award
Carry-Over
$ 91,867
88,260
3,607
Administration $ 117,680
Total CDBG Budget $ 856,741
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CDBG PROGRAM YEAR 29 ACTIVITY SUMMARY
On or about July 1, 2012 the City of Northampton will receive Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) funds in the amount of $588,403 from the United States Department
of Housing & Urban Development (HUD). This reflects a 14% decrease from last year's
award and 16.5% from the year before.
Pursuant to HUD regulations, activities must meet one of the following CDBG national
objectives: (1) activities benefiting persons of low and moderate income; (2) activities
aiding in the elimination of slums and blight; or (3) address an urgent community need.
The following outlines activities and/or programs to be funded by the CDBG program
beginning July 1, 2012.
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Housing Activities $ 176,000_____
Provide the following housing activities designed to address health, safety and building
code issues, stabilize the City’s housing stock, ensure decent, safe and affordable
housing and provide homeownership assistance for the City’s low and moderate income
residents.
Council on Aging Elder Home Repair Program $ 20,000
Home repair program providing grants and loans to income eligible homeowners 60
years of age or older.
Valley CDC Homeownership Assistance Center $ 26,000
Homebuyer assistance program which provides direct referrals to HOME-funded down
payment assistance programs and/or HOME-funded units for low and moderate-income
households pursuing homeownership.
New allocation = $20,000
New South Street Apartments Property Improvements $ 130,000
In exchange for 25 years of additional housing affordability on 18 rental housing units,
CDBG funds will be used for building improvements to roof, gutters, heating systems
and exterior façade repairs.
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Public Infrastructure Improvements $ 0___
Provide public infrastructure improvements within CDBG eligible areas with the goal of
providing a suitable living environment for low / moderate income households. If
project or program income funds become available, funding will be provided for eligible
sidewalk and accessibility improvements.
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Public Facilities and Access_____ $399,861_____
Develop and improve public facilities within CDBG eligible areas and facilities that
serve the City’s low/moderate income residents with the goal of ensuring citizens have
access to and use of adequate public facilities. Undertake access improvements ensuring
persons with physical disabilities have adequate access to public facilities and services.
Northampton Senior Center Debt Service $ 319,861
Payment of debt service obligations for the construction of a full service senior center at
67 Conz Street in Northampton.
Grace House Kitchen Improvements $ 6,000
Improvements to the kitchen at Grace House (formerly Jessie's House), a program for
women in recovery and their children, administered by the Center for Human
Development, property owned by the Northampton Housing Authority.
James House Renovations $ 80,000
Physical improvements to the James House, a municipally owned
Building being converted to a community learning center serving residents with low
incomes.
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Economic Development Activities ___$ 10,000______
Economic development activities that promote job creation and retention within
Northampton, and which promote the development of micro-business
Enterprises; principally targeted to benefit the City’s low and moderate-income
residents.
Valley CDC Micro-Business Assistance Program $ 10,000
Provision of funding to the Valley Community Development
Corporation for the creation and presentation of workshops to assist micro-enterprises.
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Public Services $ 91,872___
Provide funding for public services targeted to the City’s low and moderate income
population through community based non-profit agencies and organizations. Public
services to be funded this year include the following:
Casa Latina / Bridges for Latinos $ 8,600
Outreach, education, advocacy, case management and linkage to literacy
programs for low and moderate income Latino households in Northampton.
Center for Human Development/ $ 3,440
Big Brothers & Big Sisters Mentoring Program
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A mentoring program targeted to students ages 6-16 and families at the Ryan Road
School, the Jackson Street School and JFK Middle School in partnership with the
Northampton School Department.
Center for Human Development / SRO Outreach Program $ 13,772
Services for the residents of the City’s single room occupancy (SRO) housing
which include outreach, advocacy, a food pantry and community service referrals.
Center for New Americans / Skills & Job Assistance $ 8,365
Support for programs in computer skills, employment coaching and family literacy
skills for immigrant and refugee populations.
MA Fair Housing Center / Fair Housing Program $ 2,150
Legal assistance and advocacy to victims of housing discrimination; education to
landlords, tenants, and residents seeking housing that focus on fair housing
laws and fair lending practices.
ServiceNet / Grove Street Inn $ 14,620
Operating funds for the City’s year-round 20 bed emergency shelter for adult men and
women.
ServiceNet / Hampshire County Interfaith Cot Shelter $ 12,900
Operating funds for the Hampshire Interfaith Cot Shelter, which provides food
and emergency shelter during the coldest months of the year, November-April.
MANNA / Soup Kitchen $ 2,150
The MANNA soup kitchen provides meals three times per week, 52 weeks a year,
including Thanksgiving and Christmas. Operates out of Edwards and St. John's
Episcopal churches.
Community Action / Generation Q $ 2,580
Provision of weekly support, fellowship, and education for GLBTQQ youth and
their allies.
Community Action Resource Center $ 2,580
Free, confidential information and referral services connecting clients with state,
local and private social service resources and programs.
Survival Center / Emergency Food Pantry $ 10,320
Food supplies for Northampton's largest emergency food pantry which serves the City’s
low-income residents, as well as school children during the summer.
The Literacy Project / Passport to Success $ 7,740
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Support for adult basic education students to develop academic, job and life
skills needed to complete their GED's and transition to post-GED employment and/or
higher education.
Community Legal Aid / Homelessness Prevention Project $ 2,655
Assist households with eviction prevention and tenancy stabilization to
avoid homelessness.
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Planning and Administration $ 117,680
Resources utilized for administrative and project planning activities in the Community
and Economic Development Office in its mission to provide community and economic
development activities and administration of the Community Development Block Grant
Program.
Priority Housing Needs/Objectives/Activities
Activities Planned for this year indicated in blue.
Need/Priority
Level
Strategy/Program Objective Outcome Number
to be
served
Homelessness
Prevention
High Priority
Create a family
outreach and support
program for court
involved households
Assisting
persons at-risk
of becoming
homeless
Sustainability of
Decent Housing
Administered by
Community Legal
Aid/Community
Action. (CDBG,ESG)
50 EL
50 LI
Advocate for
continued funding for
the Tenancy
Preservation Program
Assisting
persons at-risk
of becoming
homeless
Sustainability of
Decent Housing
Supported funding
application to
DHCD. (ESG)
60 EL
20 LI
Continue to support
the SRO Outreach
Program
Assisting
persons at-risk
of becoming
homeless
Sustainability of
Decent Housing
CDBG support on-
going.
200 EL
50 LI
Collaborate with
Highland Valley Elder
Services to identify
frail elders living
alone
Assisting
persons at-risk
of becoming
homeless
Sustainability of
Decent Housing
On-going through
the Center for
Human
15 EL
10 LI
8
Development/SRO
Support self-
sufficiency, life skills
attainment programs
Assisting
persons at-risk
of becoming
homeless
Sustainability of
Decent Housing
CDBG support for
public services
programs/SRO
Outreach
200 EL
75 LI
Provision of
Emergency
Shelter
High Priority
Continue to support
staff capacity for
emergency shelter
system
Assisting
homeless
persons obtain
affordable
housing
Availability/
Affordability
On-going
(CDBG, ESG)
250 EL
Improve the physical
environment and
energy efficiency at
the Grove Street Inn
Assisting
homeless
persons obtain
affordable
housing
Availability/
Affordability
Private funding for
exterior painting,
porch repair
secured. Work 2012.
100 EL
Provide rapid re-
housing services
High Priority
Facilitate coordinated
case management to
re-house those who
lose their housing
Assisting
homeless
persons obtain
affordable
housing
Availability/
Affordability
On-going through
local, regional
network
committees/REACH
35 EL
15 LI
Identify housing
resources to use for
rapid re-housing
efforts
Assisting
homeless
persons obtain
affordable
housing
Availability/
Affordability
On-going through
local, regional
network
committees/REACH
35 EL
15 LI
Support self-
sufficiency, life skills
attainment programs
Assisting
homeless
persons obtain
affordable
housing
Availability/
Affordability
On-going support to
emergency shelters
drop-in Center,
SMOC
40EL
Preservation of
Affordable
Housing
High Priority
Capitalize the
Affordable Housing
Trust
Retention of the
affordable
housing stock
Sustainability of
decent, affordable
housing
Monitor CPC
legislation revisions
for application/
August 2012
10EL
Monitor and intervene
as needed to maintain
Retention of the
affordable
Sustainability of
decent, affordable
21 units
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Subsidized Housing
Inventory units
housing stock housing
On-going. Dialogue
with Leeds Village
Apartment
owner/Mass
Housing.
Re-establish a
Housing
Rehabilitation
Program
Retention of the
affordable
housing stock,
energy
efficiency,
housing quality
Sustainability of
decent, affordable
housing
Identify funding.
Hilltown CDC
willing to
administer.
0 units
Sustain and improve
existing Single Room
Occupancy Units
Retention of the
affordable
housing stock
Sustainability of
decent, affordable
housing
Facilitate reuse of
Shaw’s Motel parcel.
Monitor 129
Pleasant.
0 units
Support landlords
who are providing
market rate affordable
units
Retention of the
affordable
housing stock
Sustainability of
decent, affordable
housing
Housing Action
Plan. Hold
workshop.
Provide assistance for
rehabilitation
activities/preserve
stock
Retention of the
affordable
housing stock
Sustainability of
decent, affordable
housing
CDBG funding for
rehabilitation work/
New South Street
apts.
COA Home repair.
18 units /
improved
and term of
affordability
restriction
increased.
Impact
Affordability of
Rental Housing
High Priority
Support Northampton
Housing Authority
(local) and HAP
Housing (regional)
rental assistance
programs
Increase
utilization of
Section 8 rental
subsidies in
Northampton
Improved
availability /
affordability
Support housing
stabilization
activities for success.
CDBG, ESG
35 New
VASH
vouchers.
Total 230.
Establish Task Force
to increase exceptions
rents and reconfigure
the regional Standard
Metropolitan
Statistical Area
(Federal
Congressional action
required)
Increase
utilization of
Section 8 rental
subsidies in
Northampton
Improved
availability/
affordability
Continue dialogue
with NHA and
providers. No action
taken to date.
Est. new
SMSA for
Northampton
10
Advocate for
increased funding for
the Massachusetts
Rental Voucher
Program
Increase
availability of
rental subsidies
Improved
availability/
affordability
Increased in State
budget for this year.
Continue to
monitor/advocate.
New
vouchers for
EL
Facilitate complete
utilization of RAFT,
ESG, & local funds for
housing placement
activities (first, last
month’s and security
deposits)
Increase
opportunities
for accessing/
obtaining
affordable
housing
Improved
availability/
affordability
FOH funds for
ServiceNet
distribution.
Pursue private
funding, churches.
0 EL
households
Production of
Rental Housing
for Individuals.
High Priority
Identify suitable
municipal land and
make available for
housing
Increase
availability of
affordable
permanent
housing
New availability/
a suitable living
environment
Search continues/
Garfield Verona
parcel; final Habitat
duplex 2012-13
1 new
project
scheduled
Habitat
Pursue tax title
property for
affordable housing
Increase
availability of
affordable
permanent
housing
New availability/
a suitable living
environment
Will continue to
monitor
None
identified
for LM
Convert existing
housing to affordable
housing
Increase
availability of
affordable
permanent
housing
New availability/
a suitable living
environment/
Sustainability
Looking at
surplused Smith
College, church and
Clarke School for the
Deaf properties
0 units for
EL and LI
Promote Infill
development
Increasing the
availability of
affordable
permanent
housing
New availability/
a suitable living
environment/
Sustainability
Work with Planning
Department to
identify
developers/projects.
0 units
proposed at
this time.
Potential
with reuse
of Shaw’s
Motel
parcel.
Identify and
implement Housing
First, Safe Haven
projects
Increasing the
availability of
affordable
permanent
housing
New availability/
a suitable living
environment
Just completed
Maple Ave. Will
No project
identified at
this time.
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pursue Safe Havens
next
Examine adaptive
reuse and mixed use
possibilities for
affordable housing
Increasing the
availability of
affordable
permanent
housing
New availability/
a suitable living
environment
Investigating Shaw’s
Motel parcel.
No project
identified at
this time.
Examine, identify and
implement enhanced
SRO projects
Increasing the
availability of
affordable
permanent
housing
New availability/
a suitable living
environment
Will continue to
pursue.
No project
identified at
this time.
Production of
Rental Housing
for Families
High Priority
Examine locations and
designs to
accommodate smaller
households/ cottage
style, accessory
apartments
Increasing the
availability of
suitably sized
affordable
housing
New availability/
a suitable living
environment
Next phase of
housing at State
Hospital/ bungalows
for moderate income
households.
Village Hill
project
breaking
ground,
spring 2012.
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bungalows.
Convert existing
housing to affordable
housing
Utilize existing
stock
New availability/
a suitable living
environment
Will continue to
pursue.
No project
identified at
this time.
Promote Infill
development for
smaller households
Protect
undeveloped
areas
New availability/
a suitable living
environment
Will continue to
pursue.
No project
identified at
this time.
Identify suitable
municipal parcels for
development
City surplus
properties,
issue RFP.
Discount price
to keep
developer costs
down.
New availability/
a suitable living
environment
Will monitor school,
water dept.
surplusing
No
properties
available at
this time.
Affordable
Homeownership
Opportunities
Medium Priority
Continue to fund and
support the First Time
Homebuyer Program
Increasing the
availability of
affordable
housing for
ownership
A suitable living
environment and
economic
opportunity/
CDBG funded /
added direct
financial assistance
45 LM
households
served /
2-3 down
payment
assistance
grants
Support area
foreclosure
prevention
programs/efforts
Increasing the
availability of
affordable
housing for
A suitable living
environment and
economic
opportunity/
25 LI
households
served
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ownership neighborhood and
economic
stabilization
Support of Valley
CDC and HAP
Support post-
purchase counseling;
budgeting and
financial literacy
programs
Increasing the
availability of
affordable
housing for
ownership
A suitable living
environment and
economic
opportunity/
neighborhood and
economic
stabilization
Support of Valley
CDC and HAP
60 LI
households
served
Continue to fund and
support Fair Lending
and anti-
discrimination
practices and
programs
Increasing the
availability of
affordable
housing for
ownership
A suitable living
environment and
economic
opportunity/
neighborhood and
economic
stabilization
CDBG funded for
annual work scope
& AI update
100 EL and
LI
households
served
Maintain and
Provide Housing
for At-Risk
Populations
High Priority
Identify ways to
continue the
programming
instituted through the
State ICHH funds and
the Federal stimulus
allocations
Increase the
supply of
supportive
housing to
enable
homeless and
special needs
populations to
live
independently.
Increase
accessibility and
availability/ a
suitable living
environment.
Regional Network
SAMHSA grant
provides support
services for
homeless placed in
housing.
Partnered with
UMass Medical for
research component.
50 EL households
served; project funded for 3
years.
Continue to assess the
needs of the seriously
mentally ill after the
completion of the
units at the former
Northampton State
hospital
Increase the
supply of
supportive
housing to
enable
homeless and
special needs
populations to
live
independently.
Increase
accessibility and
availability/ a
suitable living
environment.
Will continue to
monitor through
DMH and State
Hospital Advisory
Committee
0 units planned at this time
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Continue to assess the
needs of the
developmentally
disabled after the
completion of the
Northampton
Housing Authority
project on Burt’s Pit
Road
Increase the
supply of
supportive
housing to
enable
homeless and
special
needs
populations to
live
independently.
Increase
accessibility and
availability/ a
suitable living
environment.
Advocate for
funding allocation
for Burt's Pit Road
project/ requires
creation of a State
Bond through DDS.
10 EL units created / on hold due to lack of funding.
Identify funding and
locations for a Safe
Havens Program
Increase the
supply of
supportive
housing to
enable
homeless and
special needs
populations to
live
independently.
Increase
accessibility and
availability/ a
suitable living
environment.
Will begin work on
developing a Safe
Havens Program.
Challenge is finding
support services
funding.
4-6 new EL units created
EL = extremely low income, LM= low to moderate income households
High Priority Activity Planned
Small Related Renter Households
0 – 30% AMI
• Support of King Street SRO and Maple
Ave. Sober house
• CDBG support for SRO Outreach
Project, food pantries
• Fund Housing Authority infrastructure
improvements
• Encourage creation of accessory
apartments
• Work to create a Safe Havens program
in Northampton
Elderly Renter Households
0 – 30% AMI
(recently completed Housing Plan revealed this as a
higher priority than large related renter households)
• Support funding requests for
modernization and operating dollars at
Housing Authority
• Encourage utilization of the Senior
Center for service linkages to improve
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quality of life
• Support collaboration between
Highland Valley Elder Services and
SRO Outreach worker to identify and
serve elders at risk
• Attend/support Regional Network
Work Group on Elder Homelessness
All Other Renter Households
0 – 30%
31 – 50%
51 – 80%
• Apply to the Community Preservation
Committee for allocation to the
Affordable Housing Trust for rental
assistance (first, last and security
deposits)
• Work with private developers
(Emerson Way) to create affordable
units required by subdivision approval
that include accessory apartments
• Support CPC funding for Valley CDC
pre-development activities
Severe Mental Illness 0 – 80% • Dept. of Mental Health present at Next
Step, Continuum of Care, Western
Mass. Network to End Homelessness,
and Western Mass. Inter-Agency
Council on Housing and Homelessness
creating service strategies.
• Support WMIC pilot project on
breaking down eligibility silos to house
chronically mentally ill homeless
(CRT).
• Support Eliot Services Street Outreach
Clinician to assist SMI homeless
Alcohol/Drug Abuse 0 – 80% • Support Hairston House, Alliance for
Sober Living and Maple Ave. SA
treatment program continuum.
Collaborative support via Next Step
meetings, resident referral, service
linkages.
• Support Eliot Services Street Outreach
Clinician to assist SA homeless
• Facilitate Downtown Resource Center
Work Group to improve services
coordination for street population
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Priority Public Facilities Needs/Objectives/Activities
Need/Strategies/Priority
Level
Strategy/Program Outcome
Construction of public
infrastructure to support
neighborhood and economic
revitalization
High/Medium Priority
Infrastructure design and construction in
targeted income eligible neighborhoods or
associated with eligible private or non-
profit neighborhood, housing, or economic
development projects. Highest priority is
for drainage, sidewalks, accessibility, and
telecommunications improvements
because of limited alternative sources of
funds. Sewer, water, roadway, traffic
calming, parking and other improvements
have medium priority due to alternative
funding sources available.
Access,
Sustainability
Fairgrounds
Design and
Engineering
contract
beginning.
No CDBG
funding
allocated for
streets,
sidewalks or
access
improvements.
Streetscape improvements to
support neighborhood and
economic revitalization
Medium Priority
Streetscape design, construction,
installation in income eligible
neighborhoods or associated with eligible
private or non-profit projects including but
not limited to sidewalks,
crosswalks/pedestrian signals and other
traffic calming/pedestrian safety measures,
accessible ramps/fixtures, street trees/tree
wells, street furniture, bike racks, lighting,
waste receptacles.
Access,
Sustainability
No projects
planned.
Public Parks/Recreation Areas to
support neighborhood and
economic revitalization
Medium Priority
Park, playground, recreation
construction/improvement in income
eligible neighborhoods or associated with
eligible projects or to enhance handicap
accessibility.
Access,
Sustainability
No projects
planned.
Priority Economic Development Needs/Objectives/Activities
Need/Priority
Level
Strategy/Program Outcome Number
Served
Increase business
development and job
retention/creation
targeting low/mod
residents
High Priority
Micro-business/small business
assistance technical
assistance/entrepreneurial training
to low/mod income residents and
qualified businesses.
Access,
Sustainability
CDBG allocation
made.
14 through
workshops,
6 one on one
technical
assistance.
Literacy, adult basic education,
English as a second language, soft
Access,
Sustainability
100+
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skill/workforce readiness to
low/mod income residents, youth,
un/underemployed, under-educated,
non-English speaking residents.
CDBG allocation
made, Center for
New Americans,
Casa Latina,
Literacy Project
Predevelopment assistance and
small business loan program
Access,
Affordability,
Sustainability
Refer to regional
groups/ EDIC,
Federal SBA
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Preserve and develop affordable
housing, studio, rehearsal, and office
space for artists and cultural
enterprises and integrate
L/MI/Special Need populations into
community cultural events.
Access,
Affordability,
Sustainability
No projects
planned.
Economic development
projects/revitalization to targeted
business development areas and
targeted business clusters including
but not limited to business
incubators, clearance, new
construction/expansion/
rehabilitation, brownfields
redevelopment,
predevelopment/project planning
activities, job training, energy
efficiency/conservation, growing
local markets, CBDO assistance, and
activities that improve access to
services and opportunity by L/MI
residents
Access,
Sustainability
Electronic Benefit
Transfer (EBT)
cards now used at
local farmers
markets to
improve access to
fresh produce by
LMI households.
No projects
planned. City
will be hiring
Economic
Development
Coordinator.
Mayor has
just named an
11 member
ED
Commission
to craft
position
requirements
and work
scope for 2012
and on-going.
Will be a City
funded
position
reporting to
the Mayor.
Infrastructure to
support business
development and job
retention/creation
Medium Priority
Infrastructure improvements to
targeted business development areas
and targeted business clusters
including but not limited to sewer,
water, drainage, roadways,
sidewalk/traffic calming, parking,
transit, telecommunications.
Access,
Sustainability
Drainage
improvements
at Fairground
Blighted Area,
complete
sewer pump
to serve
industrial
park, advance
passenger
railway
station, and
multi-modal
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facility.
Rehabilitation of
deteriorated
commercial or
industrial property
Medium Priority
Targeted financial assistance for
rehabilitation/renovation to address
accessibility, deteriorated buildings,
code violations, and energy
efficiency.
Access,
Affordability,
Sustainability
No projects
planned.
Outreach/assistance/education to
property owners for housing
rehabilitation for L/MI restaurant
and immigrant workers including
but not limited to renovations,
education on rehabilitation
programs, services/resources for
tenants/property owners.
Access,
Sustainability
CDBG support for
Center for New
Americans.
Coordination
with BID.
Work with
Center for
New
Americans for
outreach and
building
department.
Priority Public Services Needs/Objectives/Activities
Need/Priority
Level
Strategy/Program Objective Outcome
Basic Needs
High Priority Support of funding
applications targeted to
assist households with
basic needs:
Emergency fuel
assistance
Emergency food
assistance
Access to health care
Insure minimums of
quality of life are met
for health and safety.
Sustainability of
decent housing;
Suitable Living
Environment and
economic
opportunity
Youth Programs
High Priority Support of funding
applications targeted to
assist youth
After school tutoring
Adult and peer
mentoring;
mediation skills
Recreational
programming
Enhance life skills for
successful adulthood;
secure education and
job training for
homelessness
prevention and
viable independent
living
Sustainability of
decent housing;
Suitable Living
Environment and
economic
opportunity
Housing Support
Services
High Priority
Support of funding
applications that provide
support services
Provide housing and
case management
support services for
successful tenancies.
Sustainability of
decent housing;
Suitable Living
Environment and
economic
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opportunity
Services for Special
Needs Populations
High Priority
Support for Services for
special needs
populations including
services to the following:
Persons with drug /
alcohol addictions;
Homeless youth;
homeless families with
severe barriers to self
sufficiency
Provision of not only
housing, but support
services for
acquisition of healthy
life skills;
homelessness
prevention
Sustainability of
decent housing;
Suitable Living
Environment and
economic
opportunity
Skills Development,
Training, Education
& Counseling
Medium Priority
Support applications
including but not limited
to the development of:
Language and literacy
skills, transitional
education/workforce
development, computer
skills, employment and
training skills, life skills,
health/nutrition, energy
conservation
Enhancing life skills
to insure successful
education and
employment and
self-sufficiency;
homelessness
prevention
Economic
opportunity,
Suitable living
environment
Transportation
services
Medium Priority
Support of applications
for improved
transportation for end
users/ from areas of
low/mod households to
work centers
Improve linkages for
low/mod HH’s
between housing and
employment
Economic
opportunity, access
to health care, jobs,
education
Handicap services
Medium Priority
Support efforts of local
Committees and apply
funds for entrances, curb
cuts, interior public
building access and flow
Improve accessibility
of disabled to the
downtown, jobs,
public buildings and
services
Economic
opportunity; a
suitable living
environment;
improved
accessibility
Childcare services
Medium Priority Support preservation
/creation of child care
subsidies
Improved ability of
heads of households
to pursue education
and employment
opportunities
Economic
Opportunity
Senior Center
High Priority
Debt service paid by
CDBG /approximately
$300,000 per year for the
next 5 years
Successful close out
of major public
facilities project
Improved
availability of
services for
elders/improved
quality of life
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Removal of
Architectural
Barriers
High Priority
Survey public buildings,
commercial buildings,
public infrastructure and
park facilities
Installation of sidewalk
curb cuts
Eliminate/lessen
hardship to persons
with physical
disabilities.
Suitable living
environment
Work with Committee
on Disabilities and
Human Rights
Commission
Eliminate/lessen
hardship to persons
with physical
disabilities.
Suitable living
environment
Park & Recreation
Facilities
Medium Priority
Construction of new
recreation facilities and
improvements to
existing park and
recreation facilities in
CDBG target areas and
public housing sites.
Enhance living
environment/
sustainability of
decent housing
Public Safety
Medium Priority Support public safety
efforts including but not
limited to DARE, crime
prevention targeting
LMI residents and
neighborhoods
Address community
safety concerns and
lessen crime in
targeted areas.
Suitable living
environment
Evaluation of Past Performance/ FY12
ACTIVITY TYPE/ Project Proposed
Outcome
STATUS*
Infrastructure
Sidewalks
Sidewalk
improvements.
Improved access
to downtown
from Senior
Center and
public housing.
Conz Street/ street
and sidewalk project
completed June 2011.
Project carried over
to pay invoice
received FY12.
Public Facilities/Access Forbes Library
Elevator Design
Architectural
drawings completed
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for Accessibility & approved.
James House
Renovations
Phase 3 renovations
95% complete.
Facility is occupied
by ABE programs.
Housing
Authority
Grace House kitchen
renovation project
rolled over to FY13.
Senior Center
Debt Service
5th debt service
payment made.
Housing
Home Repair Program 4 loans, 2 grants 1 grants/ 3 loans as of
3/30/12
Homeownership Assistance 45 households
38 households served
Preservation of Affordable Housing Stock New South Street
Apts. Building
Rehabilitation
Funds rolled over to
next year.
Economic Development
Micro Business
Assistance /
funded for
workshops/ 12 to
attend, 6 to
receive technical
assistance;
1 job created, 1
retained
12 individuals
counseled, 14
attended workshops,
1 job created, 17 jobs
retained
Public Services
13 programs
funded
- Various
Outcomes
*Status reflects 3 quarters
reported through 3/31/12
All on track for
CAPER
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Activities Carried Over Project Amount
Public Facilities/
Access
Senior Center Debt Service $ 319,681 new funds*
James House
Construction
$ 64,659.99
Grace House Kitchen $ 6,000.00
Housing Home Repair Program $ 3,231.01
New South St. Apartments $ 65,000.00
Infrastructure Streets and Sidewalks $ 0.00
Elimination of Blight Three County Fairgrounds
Elimination of blighted
buildings and public
infrastructure
$ 62,029.23
Admin. Staff person departure $ 21,209.87
Total $ 222,130.01
*Not including Senior Center
debt service
FY13 Other Program Funds:
Projected program income from loan repayments in FY13 is anticipated to be
approximately $11,745.
No revolving loan funds
No float-funded activities
No Section 108 Loan guarantees
No surplus funds from urban renewal settlements
No grant funds returned to a line of credit
No income from float-funded activities
No expenditures anticipated for urgent need activities
Estimated amount of CDBG funds to be utilized for activities that benefit low and
moderate income persons:
Low/Mod Benefit Expenditure Levels (91.220(I)(1)(iv))
Total Expenditures 868,487
Planning and Administration 117,680
Subtotal to determine denominator 750,807
LMI Expenditures
Public Services @15% 91,867
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Housing 176,000
Infrastructure - Area Benefit -
Public Facilities 399,165
Economic Development 10,000
Subtotal to determine numerator 677,032
LMI Benefit % 90%
Non-LMI Expenditures
Slums & Blight 62,029
Subtotal non-LMI expenditures 62,029
Citizen Participation and Consultation
The Community and Economic Development Office conducted two public hearings, an
intensive interview process for public service applicants and held targeted consultations
to gather input for the FY13 Annual Action Plan. The first public hearing was held
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 and the second was held Tuesday April 10th, 2012.
CDBG grantees and local housing, homeless and social service providers shared issues
and trends they are seeing with their client populations and delineated unmet needs.
The fifteen Public Service applicant interviews were conducted March 12th, 13th and 14th.
The process allowed the Review Committee to ask each applicant about unmet
community needs, issues, trends, program successes, as well as budget and fundraising
challenges. Additionally, public input was gathered from the general public, municipal
departments and boards, community and social service organizations, economic
development organizations, regional partners and surrounding communities. More
specifically:
Next Step Collaborative: Held monthly meetings with affordable housing, homeless
shelter and service providers. Meetings held September 8, 2011; October 13, 2011,
November 10, 2011; December 8, 2011; January 12, 2012; February 9, 2012, March 8, 2012,
April 12, 2012, May 10, 2012 and will be held June 14th. Monthly gatherings facilitate
service coordination, track shelter capacity and numbers of unsheltered, street activity,
resources available, issues & trends that City/providers should address together.
Meetings held monthly since 1994. (Membership list included in appendix).
Massachusetts Fair Housing Center: Two meetings held with Executive Director;
July 6, 2011 & May 1, 2012. Determined program components for CDBG work scope and
outline for Analysis of Impediments update. Held joint meeting with Housing
Partnership, Human Rights Commission, the MFHC, the Mass. Justice Project and
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Community Legal Aid (and others) in November to identify community resources and
establish protocols for complaint processing.
COSA meetings: (Council of Social Service Agencies under the auspices of the
Hampshire County Council of Governments). Attended monthly sessions for
discussions, presentations and networking between 25-40 Social Service Agencies.
Facilitated a special session on homelessness, to link family and parenting resources
with family emergency shelter system and to update on Regional Network activity
(March 22, 2012).
HIV/Aids: Met monthly with River Valley Counseling Center at Three County
Continuum of Care meetings. RVCC reports on issues and trends with HIV/Aids rates,
housing and service demands, service gaps. New McKinney bonus project 2011
application for AIDS Care of Hampshire County awarded. Funding for 10 rental
subsidies for scattered site housing begins July 1, 2012.
Public Housing: Consultations occurred with the Northampton Housing Authority
during the months of February and March. Housing Authority Director attended
Northampton Housing Partnership meeting December 5th. Met with Director and
Habitat for Humanity March 2nd, to discuss partnering on a project. Director attended
regional summit held on May 3rd with 24 housing authorities and State officials to
enhance collaboration to address homelessness.
Northampton Housing Partnership met monthly to implement “Housing Needs
Assessment and Strategic Plan”, the housing plan created last year.
SRO Outreach Coordinator/ Met separately with new Single Room Occupancy Outreach
Coordinator to ascertain needs of residents living in private and publicly funded SRO’s.
Three County Continuum of Care/ Input garnered through serving as Lead for the
Regional HUD McKinney-Vento continuum (since 1997) and facilitating monthly
Continuum meetings. Track implementation of All Roads Lead Home, Pioneer Valley 10
Year Plan to End Homelessness. Grants administration for 1.5 million dollars annually
and 20+ regional projects serving the homeless.
Western Mass. Regional Network to End Homelessness/ Housing Planner (in role of
Continuum administrator) serves on the Leadership Council (quarterly), Steering
Committee (monthly), Management Team (monthly) of the Network and participated
this last year on the Individual Services Committee, the work group on Housing Sex
Offenders and served as defacto staff to the Western Massachusetts Inter-Agency
Council on Housing and Homelessness.
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A complete description of the standard Citizen Participation and Consultation Process is
included in the appendix.
RESOURCES (91.220 c1 and c2)
The jurisdiction anticipates the following federal, state, local and private resources to be
available in the next year to address local needs. The majority of funds referenced
benefit low mod income households within the City of Northampton.
Northampton Affordable Housing Trust Fund - The City established the Northampton
Housing Trust Fund in 2001 in order to maintain affordability at Hampton Gardens, an
expiring use multi unit family housing development. The Trust Fund provided rental
subsidies to low / mod income households at the development which secured 8
additional years of affordability. The fund is now exhausted. There will be an effort to
recapitalize the fund, possibly through the local Community Preservation Act
programming.
Community Preservation Act (CPA) – The CPA was passed by the voters in Northampton
in November 2005 and allows the City to enact a CPA tax assessment that is matched by
the state and used exclusively for open space/ recreation, historic preservation and
community housing activities. The forecast for available CPA funds for 2012 - 2013 is
roughly 1.1 million, with at least 10% being guaranteed for housing ($110,000).
Federal Home Loan AHP Funds– Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity anticipates
submitting a funding application in December of 2012 for the Garfield Avenue project.
Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program– In May 2011, the Northampton Housing
Authority was authorized to administer, in conjunction with their partners at VAMC-
Northampton, an additional 50 VASH vouchers, bringing the total to 230. HUD no
longer funds the VASH program separately from the NHA’s regular allocation, and has
chosen this year only to make incremental funding allocations for a seven month period
- April through October 2012. This is as a result of a new funding program aimed at
reducing Net Restricted Assets associated with the Section 8 Program. Accordingly, it is
not possible for the NHA to provide a funding figure.
However, the average monthly HAP payment to a landlord with a VASH client is $433,
or about $5,200 per year. Assuming the NHA utilizes all of the 180 prior years allocation
of vouchers by July 1, 2012, we would expend $935,000 in HAP payments in FY-13 for
those vouchers. A utilization plan for the new FY-12 allocation is currently being
developed, but assuming a 75% utilization rate for the fiscal year for those additional
vouchers, the expenditure would be an additional $194,850 in HAP payments in FY-13.
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( $ 433 x 12 months x 50 vouchers x .75). The utilization rate for those vouchers is largely
dependent on the timing of staffing decisions at the VA. Also, the VASH participants
are spread throughout the four western counties, so these financial resources are not all
spent in Northampton.
Other anticipated resources include: (updated as of May 11, 2012)
Agency Assistance State / Federal Amount
Big Brothers Big Sisters Northampton CDBG Federal $ 5,000
MA Service Alliance State (projected) 2,500
United Way Private (projected) 12,000
Misc. Grants Private (projected) 5,000
Fundraising Private (projected) 30,000
Donations Private (projected) 7,500
Casa Latina United Way Private $ 39,156
Misc. Grants Federal/Local 108,717
Administration Fee C. Dickinson Hospital 19,080
Interpreting Service Fee 16,800
Center for New
Americans Northampton CDBG Federal 8,365
Greenfield CDBG Federal 24,000
Amherst CDBG Federal 24,000
Dept. of Education State 322,491
Office of Refugee & Immigrants State 10,000
Foundation Grants Private 60,000
Individual Gifts Private 40,000
Hampshire United Way Private 20,000
Franklin United Way Private 15,000
*City of Northampton McKinney Vento Funding Federal $ 1,499,000
CDBG Allocation Federal 588,430
Florence Fields Rec. Area Mass. PARC Grant 1 State 500,000
Grant 2 State 500,000
Community Preservation Local 2,000,000
Broad Brook Gap Community Forest Program Federal 300,000
Mass. Land Grant State 400,000
Community Preservation Act Local 300,000
Conn.River Greenway Transportation Imp.Program Federal 6,000,000
& Lane Business Park Legislative Earmark State 100,000
Leeds Park and Ride Transportation Imp. Program Federal 1,000,000
High Speed Rail High Speed Rail Funds Federal Western Mass. 73,000,000
& Rail Trail Linkage Northampton 6,000,000
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State transportation Bond State 1,500,000
South Street Traffic Mass. Smart Growth State 300,000
Calming Overlay MGL40R
Community Action Community Services Federal $ 34,906
Generation Q Block Grant
Northampton CDBG Federal 2,580
United Way Private 10,500
Foundations Private 18,560
Community Action CSBG Federal $38,399
Com. Resources/ Northampton CDBG Federal 2,580
Advocacy SNAP/DTA State 3,000
Hampshire United Way Private 15,000
Fundraising Private 5,000
Literacy Project WIA Federal $ 44,000
Northampton CDBG Federal 7,740
Ware CDBG Federal 73,500
Greenfield CDBG Federal 17,000
Dept. of Education State 714,567
DESE Career Pathways State 74,000
Donations/fundraising Private 60,000
Womens Missionary Found. Private 10,000
Greater Worcester Found. Private 15,000
Wapack Foundation Private 2,500
Bete Foundation Private 5,000
United Way Private 10,000
Other Foundations Private 10,000
Rental Income Private 4,800
Other Grants Private 88,000
MANNA Soup Kitchen
EF and SP Federal $ 1,000
Northampton CDBG Federal 2,150
Shelter Sunday Private 8,000
Project Bread Private 2,000
Donations Private 4,250
Religious Organizations Private 7,000
Mass. Fair Housing HUD FH Grant Federal 325,000
Center HAP/ HUD Federal 30,000
MCAD/HUD Federal 25,000
Springfield CDBG Grant Federal 5,000
Northampton CDBG Federal 2,150
Attorneys Fees Private 12,500
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Meadowbrook 222 units Low Income Housing Tax Credits
Apartments $6.5 Million Equity – 40-Year
Affordability
Northampton Housing Public Housing Subsidies Federal 387,696
Authority Capital Fund Federal 144,198
ARRA / Capital Projects Federal 182,526
Section 8 Federal 3,480,932
Section 8 Mod Rehab Federal 163,683
Public Housing Subsidies State 362,931
Mass Rental Vouchers State 34,000
Mix Population Grant State 31,200
Modernization Program State 132,400
Veterans Supportive Federal Section 8 324,929
Housing Program Rental Vouchers
Religious Organizations Private 6,700
ServiceNet, Inc. DHCD State 67,457
InterFaith Shelter DHCD ESG Grant State 11,315
FEMA Federal 3,625
Deferred Payment Loan Federal 9,996
Northampton CDBG Federal 12,900
Friends of the Homeless Private 15,000
Private Donations Private 6,000
ServiceNet, Inc. DHCD Grove St. / State $ 158,963
Grove Street Inn VOCA Clinical Services State 40,807
MA Shelter Alliance Private 30,171
FEMA Federal 8,000
Hampshire UW Private 30,000
Project Bread Private 3,000
Northampton CDBG Grove Federal 14,620
Shelter Sunday Private 8,000
Private Donations Private 14,000
Citizens Energy Private 1,400
SRO Outreach Northampton CDBG Federal $ 13,772
FEMA Federal 750
United Way Hampshire County Private 37,200
Hap Inc. Non-Profit 2,000
Valley CDC Non-Profit 3,500
Highland Valley Elder Services Private 4,000
Home City Housing Private 2,000
Donations Private (projected) 8,500
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Survival Center EFSP Federal 1,000
City of Easthampton Federal/State 5,200
Northampton CDBG Federal 10,740
Project Bread Private 8,000
United Way Private 60,000
Misc. Grants Private 35,000
EFSP Grant Federal/Local 500
Goshen Grant Income Local 15,000
Civic/ Business Private 31,400
Religious Private 12,000
Individual Donations Private 295,700
Interest Income Private 5,000
Schools Private 1,000
Three County Project Development-USDA Federal TBD
Fairgrounds Cultural Facilities State TBD
EDA Federal TBD
Valley CDC CDBG Amherst Federal/State 25,000
CDBG Easthampton Federal 4,000
CDBG Northampton Federal 26,000
Florence Savings Private 20,000
TD Bank North Private (projected) 5,000
Citizens Bank Private (projected) 5,000
United Way Private 20,000
Easthampton Savings Bank Private (projected) 4,000
Peoples Bank Private (projected) 5,000
Mass Growth Com. Capital State 20,000
Country Bank for Savings Private 2,500
Berkshire Bank Private 2,500
Membership Donations Private 6,000
Developer Overhead Private/State/Fed 10,000
Fundraising Private 15,000
Homebuyer Workshop Fees Private 10,000
Homeownership Marketing Private 60,000
Foundations Private 10,000
Small Business SBTA State Office of Entrep. State 30,000
Assistance Program USDA Rural Business Dev. Federal 15,000
Grant
Northampton CDBG Federal 10,000
Florence Savings Bank Private 5,000
Agency Assistance/Units State / Federal Amount
Valley CDC 16 N. Maple State Bond $920,000
11 existing/renovation
96-98 King Street
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10 new SRO units State Bond $650,000
HOME 500,000
Community Action 24,463
(ARRA funds)
Smith College/private 500,000
Pioneer Valley Garfield Ave. Federal AHP $60,000
Habitat for 5 Units Private (Lions Club) 20,000
Humanity Local / State CPA 120,000
Major Donor 25,000
In-kind land donation 125,000
W.M. Com. Foundation 20,000
Massachusetts DMR 10 New Units State (on hold) $2,000,000
Burt’s Pit Road
Go West SRO 17 Units State / Federal McKinney
Main St. Florence
St. Michael’s House 86 Units Mass Housing New Loan
State St.
The Lorraine SRO 20 Units /Rental subsidies State Private
96 Pleasant St.
Earl Street SRO 14 Units Rental Subsidies State / Federal Sec 8
McKinney Funding Hampshire County Programs Federal $342,253/yr.
*City of Northampton Projects:
Florence Fields Recreation Area is a new recreation area that will serve the entire city. It is within
walking distance from Florence Heights, one of the largest housing developments in the City. It is
owned and managed by the Northampton Housing Authority and serves families with low
incomes.
Broad Brook Gap is a critical conservation area serving the entire city. Acquisition and protection
enhances overall recreation and conservation opportunities for all city residents.
Connecticut River Greenway and adjacent Lane Business Park – This project will create needed
riverfront access, riverfront recreation and economic development opportunities immediately
adjacent to River Run, the largest condominium development in the City. River Run serves
mostly low and moderate income and special needs households and is within walking distance to
the Housing Authority’s other large family public housing complex, Hampshire Heights.
Leeds Park and Ride Lot – the lot and rail trail access planned will improve access from the Leeds
VA Medical Center. Emergency shelter, transitional and permanent housing for formerly
homeless Veteran’s currently on site will benefit. Soldier On, a non-profit that administers these
programs is developing new permanent limited equity coop housing on the site under separate
Federal funding commitments.
High Speed Rail and Rail Trail Linkage Project – This project will bring Amtrak back to
Northampton, add related traffic signal at Damon Road/Industrial Drive, build a new train
station platform and railroad under pass to connect rail trail sections. Will serve adjacent low and
moderate income neighborhoods.
South Street Traffic Calming Project – funds will complete a streets and traffic calming project
which will serve households with low and moderate incomes at the former Northampton State
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Hospital, now called Village Hill. Will improve safety for driving, walking and biking to and
from the downtown.
Summary of Specific Annual Objectives and Program Activities (91.220 c 3)
The FY13 Year 29 objectives address a range of housing, infrastructure, public facilities,
economic development, elimination of blighted and decadent areas, and public service
needs identified in the Consolidated Plan and the community outreach process. (See
following pages.)
On or about July 1, 2012 the City of Northampton will receive Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) funds estimated to be in the amount of $588,403 from the United
States Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD).
Pursuant to HUD regulations, activities must meet one of the following CDBG national
objectives: (1) activities benefiting persons of low and moderate income; (2) activities
aiding in the elimination of slums and blight; and (3) activities that address an urgent
community need. Each activity to be funded will address one or more of those
objectives.
The housing activities are designed to address health, safety, and building code issues
and to stabilize the City’s housing stock, ensuring decent, safe and affordable housing
for the City’s low and moderate income residents. The Valley CDC will assist low and
moderate-income households through a homeownership assistance program that
provides referrals to HOME assisted units in Northampton and direct financial
assistance. A funding allocation has been made this year to Mt. Holyoke Management
Company for renovation activities at 17 New South Street, an apartment block
containing 18 affordable units. The funding will be utilized for building improvements
focused on energy savings, roof and gutter repair, heating system upgrades and exterior
façade repairs. The total commitment of $130,000 will be dispersed over a two year
period. (funds carried over from last year).
The Northampton Housing Authority will use funding assigned last year to upgrade the
kitchen facilities at Grace House, a residential treatment program for women in recovery
and their children. The home, located at 143 West Street, was deeded to the Housing
Authority as part of the disposition of property from the former Northampton State
Hospital. Originally utilized for Jessie's House Emergency Shelter for families, it is now
home to another program operated by the Center for Human Development. The
building has experienced intensive continuous use for decades and the kitchen is in
critical need of renovation. The project is going out to bid in June 2012; work will take
place during the summer.
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The program can provide public infrastructure improvements within CDBG eligible
areas with the goal of providing a suitable living environment for low / moderate
income households. Funding was going to be considered for sidewalk upgrades on
North Street from Market Street to Parsons Street. The estimated CDBG eligible cost for
that project is $50,010. However, there do not appear to be sufficient funds to accomplish
that project this year. Should funding become available, the project would be
considered.
The program can develop and improve public facilities within CDBG eligible areas to
insure citizens will have access to and use of adequate public facilities. The program can
also undertake access improvements ensuring persons with physical disabilities have
adequate access to public facilities and services. No such new projects are planned for
this year, due to insufficient funds. Carryover funds will be applied to the James House,
however.
Year 29 will provide funding to 13 public service programs targeted to the City’s low
and moderate income population through community based non-profit agencies and
organizations. Public services include food and meals programs, housing support
programs, literacy and mentoring programs as well as assistance for Latinos and
immigrant populations.
Economic development activities will promote job creation and retention within
Northampton and promote the development of micro-business enterprises, principally
targeted to benefit the City’s low and moderate-income residents.
The program will provide assistance in eliminating blighted and decadent conditions at
the Three County Fairgrounds public facility and deteriorated conditions of surrounding
public infrastructure. Funds from last year are under contract. Contract implementation
for additional redevelopment site work will occur this year.
Planning and administration resources will be utilized to support the provision of
professional planning expertise for the City including neighborhood planning, the
development and preservation of affordable housing, economic development activities
geared towards business support, job creation and retention efforts within the City and
administration of the Community Development Block Grant Program.
Obstacles to Addressing Underserved Needs
There are several obstacles that impact the ability to fully address the needs of low and
moderate income households. The primary ones are:
- Limited opportunity to utilize a Section 8 voucher in Northampton, due to the lower
fair market rate rents assigned to the Springfield SMSA
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- Low vacancy rates limit availability of market rate affordable units
- Complicated nature of funding for affordable housing projects raises costs and
renders small housing projects more conducive to rural areas and small cities, infeasible
- Reduction in CDBG entitlement allocation impacts funding for eligible activities
Allocation Priorities and Geographic Areas
Allocation priorities were chosen consistent with the goals and objectives in the
Consolidated Plan and in response to the needs identified in the annual solicitation,
community outreach process and the Housing Needs Assessment and Strategic Housing
Plan.
Geographic Areas Where Activities Will Occur
Census tracts with more than 25% minority population are defined as areas of minority
concentration. Presently, there are no such areas in the city. Northampton defines census
tracts with percentages of low income households that exceed the city average of 39% to
be areas of low income concentration. Those tracts consist primarily of the more densely
populated areas in and around the Central business district downtown. These tracts are:
8216.01, 8219.02, 8220 and 8221.
CDBG Target Areas by Census Tract / Block Group
Pursuant to program regulations the following census tracts/block groups are targeted
for CDBG funds based on income; more than 51% of the households in these areas have
incomes below 80% of median income based on family size. (Census Tract Map
attached.)
Geographic Description Census Tract, Block & Group
North King Street 8216 01 – 1
Florence 8216 02 – 5
Leeds Veterans Hospital 8217 00 – 3
Central Core / Downtown *8219 02 – 2; 8219 02 – 3; 8220 00 – 1
Former State Hospital 8219 02 – 4
*2010 Census Tract 821902 was split into 2: 821903 and 821904
All area benefit activities funded by the City are located within CDBG eligible census
tracts. Direct benefit activities are funded throughout the City at locations, which meet
direct benefit criteria. The following outlines the City’s rationale for the geographic
distribution of activities in relation to specific program areas.
Urgent Community Development Needs
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Pursuant to HUD regulation 570.208 (c) “Criteria for National Objectives”, CDBG
resources may be used to address community development needs having a particular
urgency. In utilizing this national objective criterion, the jurisdiction must certify that a
particular activity is designed to alleviate existing conditions that directly pose a serious
and immediate threat to the health, safety and welfare of a community. The existing
conditions to trigger an urgent community development need must be recent, or have
recently reached a level of urgency within the past eighteen months. The following
occurrences and/or conditions may require the determination outlined above:
natural disasters (flood, hurricane, tornado, wildfire)
structural fires of a particularly devastating nature
The City, depending on required activity, may complete a determination for CDBG
funds to be used to address a particular urgent community development need. The
Housing and Community Development Planner/CDBG Administrator shall complete
the determination. Concurrence with the completed determination shall be required
from the Mayor prior to the expenditure of CDBG funds. Examples of activities that
typically meet an urgent community need are infrastructure improvements, interim
assistance, and rehab of a community facility.
Action Plan Amendments
During the course of CDBG program year 29, funded activities may require budget
adjustments based on project related cost overruns or cost savings. Such adjustments
will be made only to activities included within an approved annual Action Plan. At
such times the City requires flexibility in adjusting budgets. A budget adjustment will
be considered a substantial amendment to the Action Plan if it meets the criteria
established in the Citizen Participation Plan.
Annual Affordable Housing Goals (91.220 g)
The Valley CDC completed the rehabilitation of an existing building on King Street near
downtown Northampton last year. The project added 10 new SRO units to the
inventory. The building formerly housed 2 apartments and first floor commercial space.
The beautifully renovated structure now provides 10 enhanced SRO units, five
specifically for formerly homeless.
Due to the lack of funding for staff capacity and the length of time and complexity for
affordable housing project feasibility and completion, Valley had to eliminate their
Project Manager position. VCDC works in Hampshire County, not just Northampton.
The agency is currently engaged in a lengthy Chapter 40B permitting process for a large
development in Easthampton and also pursuing a project in Amherst. As a result, Valley
can only take on one or two projects at a time. Although the increased inventory in the
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region is beneficial, that means Valley does not have any Northampton projects in the
pipeline.
Valley did make two offers on the Shaw’s Motel property downtown that were not
accepted by the sellers. There may be FY13 activity on this site and Valley CDC remains
interested. The City sponsored a neighborhood meeting in conjunction with the
Neighborhood Association which identified affordable housing as a use the neighbors
would support.
The Northampton Housing Authority still awaits the opportunity to break ground on 10
new units for the clients of the Department of Developmental Services. The project,
located on Burts Pit Road, has been designed and permitted, but there are no State funds
currently available. A bond is required and it appears the preference is for renovating
existing properties as opposed to new construction.
The next phase of new construction at the former State Hospital will be a section of
bungalow housing. This project, being shepherded by MassDevelopment, was supposed
to serve as "work force" housing (80-120% of area median income range as identified in
the Housing Needs Assessment and Strategic Plan). MassDevelopment issued a request
for proposals and has hired a developer. Although still described as conceptual, the sales
price has been readjusted to 350,000. It will remain to be seen if this phase is affordable
to the work force housing income range.
Soldier On, a private non-profit organization serving Veterans from the New England
region, recently announced plans to launch a project in Northampton. Soldier On, in
what is being described as a "first in the nation" partnership, will team up with the U.S.
Department of Veteran Affairs to create up to 80 units of permanent housing for
Veterans on the Leeds campus. The plan is to build between 60 and 80 units on 9 acres
with room for expansion to as many as 150 units. The VA Medical Director said in a
press release that this project will help meet the VA's goal to end homelessness among
Veterans within 5 years. The majority of the project will be funded through a grant of
up to $8 million dollars from the VA Innovative Initiative program. Soldier On has
obtained the land from the VA through an "enhanced use" lease. The studio and one
bedroom apartments will begin construction at the end of this calendar year.
Gandara Community House (Yvonne's House #2) opened in the fall of 2011. Friends of
the Homeless partnered with the Gandara Center to purchase a duplex on Maple
Avenue, in downtown Northampton. Through private fundraising, a Community
Preservation funding award and a grant from MassHousing's CCRI Program, an
opportunity was created to house 6 homeless residents committed to sobriety. The
property was renovated over the summer and is now fully occupied.
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Regional Activity/
Despite the lack of projects planned for Northampton, Western Massachusetts fared
extremely well in the most recent round of the Massachusetts Department of Housing
and Community Development (DHCD) Affordable Housing awards. These projects will
increase the affordable housing inventory across the region. In a press release issued
May 9, 2012, the following projects were identified as award recipients:
Gordon H. Mansfield Veterans Village in Agawam = Soldier On, Inc. will use
$2,715,000 in DHCD housing subsidies and $544,657 in state and federal low
income housing tax credits to renovate the former Western Mass Regional Police
Academy into 54 units of limited equity cooperative housing for formerly
homeless Veterans. The project is expected to provide 85 jobs.
Olympia Oaks in Amherst = HAP, Inc. will use $2,715,000 in DHCD housing
subsidies and $1.1 million in state and federal low income housing tax credits to
create 42 units of affordable family housing, with eight units reserved for
extremely low income households and 2 formerly homeless families. Project will
create 81 jobs.
Cottage Square in Easthampton = Arch Street Development will use $2.5 million
in DHCD housing subsidies and $981,271 in state and federal low income
housing tax credits to create 50 units of affordable family housing. Five units will
be reserved for extremely low-income households. Project will create 111 jobs. 50
one, two and three bedroom apartments will be created for tenants whose
income falls between $28,000 and $42,000. Project is set to begin at the end of this
calendar year with a 14 month construction schedule. Units could be available
for rent in early 2014.
Dial Self Teen Housing in Orange = Franklin County Dial Self will use $1.3
million in DHCD housing subsidies to preserve nine units of affordable housing
for youth aging out of the foster care system. The renovation project will
generate 11 jobs.
Westhampton Woods in Westhampton = Hilltown CDC will use $800,000 in
DHCD housing subsidies to create eight units of affordable housing for seniors,
with two units reserved for extremely low income households. Project will create
10 jobs.
Annual Public Housing Goals (91.220 h)
As stated in the 5-Year and Annual Plan, the Northampton Housing Authority’s mission
statement is as follows:
“ The Northampton Housing Authority is committed to ensuring decent, safe and affordable housing, and housing opportunity for the citizens of Northampton and the region in an effort to
maintain the economic diversity of the community. To this end the NHA shall strive to create and maintain clean and secure housing developments, offer a variety of housing opportunities for the community’s citizens, assure fiscal integrity by all program participants, and work to support
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initiatives to provide opportunities for residents who wish to gain self-sufficiency and economic
independence. The effectiveness of these endeavors is measured, in part, by the dedication of an innovative and caring staff to efficient program management, and collaboration with residents, community service providers and Northampton’s government and community leaders”.
The City and Housing Authority work together to carry out the mission. The NHA was
involved with the creation of the Housing Needs Assessment and Strategic Plan. The
Director attended a Housing Partnership meeting in December 2011 to update members
on NHA activities. Additionally, the Director attended a session of all Western Mass.
housing authorities (18) held in Holyoke on May 3, 2012 to strategize how housing
authorities can assist in the effort to end homelessness. A follow up meeting will be held
June 18th to identify specific tasks. A CDBG request to refurbish the kitchen at the Grace
House which was approved last year, will be implemented this program year. The City
will also support NHA efforts to develop the 4th parcel deeded to them at the Former
State Hospital, (Laurel Street) for homeownership.
Representatives of the Housing Authority are invited to all meetings facilitated by the
CEDO office relative to affordable housing, coordinated service delivery and case
management. NHA Rental Assistance program managers are actively involved in the
administration of subsidies for the HUD VASH Program, The Florence Inn, Go West,
Hathaway Farms, the Maples and with assisting homeless and formerly homeless
residents with housing search activities.
Housing Authority capital improvement projects planned for this program year are:
Purchase and install DHW heaters at Florence Heights (25) $40,000
Flooring improvements at McDonald House common areas $2,000
Add electrical circuits to emergency generator at McDonald House $5000
Install auto door opener at McDonald House (community room access) $2500
Install automatic door opener at Tobin Manor $2500
New roofs and column repair at Forsander Apartments $120,000
Grace House Kitchen $23,000
Patch pavement, apply seal crack to driveways and parking areas (all developments)
$3000
Cahill Apts. community hall upgrades $15,000
Repair Columns at Forsander 15,000
Western Massachusetts Continuum Reconfiguration
During FY13, the City of Northampton will cease to be the lead agency for the Three
County Continuum of Care. The Housing Planner will no longer serve as the
Continuum representative on the Western Mass. Regional Network Leadership Council,
Steering Committee, Management Team, Governance Committee or as staff to the
Western Mass. Inter-Agency Council on Housing and Homelessness.
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The City of Northampton’s Community and Economic Development Office will be
deconstructed. The Housing Planner and Administrative Assistant will report to the
Mayor directly. Due to staff transitions and resource challenges, the once 4 person office
is now comprised of two people. The focus of the remaining 2 people will be the
administration of the CDBG Program. The Mayor will hire a new person to do the
economic development work. There is currently a regional dialogue underway to
identify an entity to take on the administration of the McKinney grant and Continuum
facilitation.
The Housing Planner/CDBG Administrator will continue to:
• facilitate the Next Step meetings which are the monthly gatherings of local
housing and homeless service providers to coordinate area services, identify and
address service system gaps
• provide staff support to the Northampton Housing Partnership and guide the
implementation of the Housing Needs Assessment and Strategic Plan
• coordinate the Downtown Resources Work Group; monthly gathering of
business improvement district reps, social service providers, police officers and
the City
• conduct focus groups needed for community input around community
development, affordable housing and fair housing issues
Annual Homeless and Special Needs Goals (91.220 i)
During Year 29, the City will actively support with CDBG funding, the Interfaith Shelter,
the Grove Street Inn and the SRO Outreach Project. City staff will work closely with the
Outreach Clinician from Elliott Services to monitor the number and needs of unsheltered
residents in the community. The City will support local efforts of Friends of the
Homeless to assist ServiceNet with the Interfaith Shelter operation, fundraise for the
boot program, dental care and rental assistance. Numbers being served in the homeless
shelter system locally were relatively stable this past year. The number of new people to
the shelter increased during the year and it remained full through to the last day of
operation. Regional capacity issues will continue to be addressed during this coming
year. Coordination with the Amherst winter shelter will continue to be necessary as
guests tend to move between the two communities frequently.
The City secured funding through the HUD McKinney program, hired staff and
launched the creation of a Homeless Management Information System. This system
tracks the numbers, needs and housing placements of the chronically homeless. This
past year saw great strides in improving the efficiency and productivity of the regional
HMIS system. The Annual Point in Time count and Annual Homeless Assessment
Report and the Housing Inventory Chart were compiled and submitted according to
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HUD regulations. A sampling of the reports located on HUD’s HRE HDX Dashboard are
included in the following pages.
Chronic homeless activities: During FY13, the City will actively support with CDBG
funding, the Interfaith Shelter, the Grove Street Inn and the SRO Outreach Project. City
staff will also work closely with the Outreach Clinician from Eliott Services to serve the
unsheltered, chronically homeless people in the community. During the annual Point in
Time survey count, sheltered and unsheltered chronic homeless individuals (and
families) are identified and tracked. Service Providers meet regularly to develop
individual service plans to move the chronically homeless into housing. Services are
provided through the C-SPECH and REACH programs.
The C-SPECH program (Community Support Program for People Experiencing Chronic
Homelessness) provides outreach, case management, assessment and referral services to
people with mental health and/or addiction issues whom are chronically homeless or
recently housed with chronic homeless history in order to promote long term housing
stabilization. The program’s mission is to promote housing stability and readiness for
treatment services, so clients can access and participate in community based social
services that in turn may promote long-term physical & mental health, sobriety, and
community based permanent housing.
The type of services provided is based on a pretreatment model that values “meeting
clients where they are at” and thereby believes that all chronically homeless clients in
need of housing and stabilization services could benefit from these services as listed
below:
• Relationship building, engagement and outreach services
• Common language development and articulation of client generated goals
• Facilitate psychosocial rehab on defining obstacles to goals and developing skills
and supports
• Active housing search and placement with focus on affordability and
transition/adaptation issues to new settings
• Landlord mediation and counseling re: transition to housing community
• Focus on development of safety plans regarding mental health, substance abuse,
trauma, and housing crisis. This includes access and use of area crisis teams,
detoxification facilities, psychiatric inpatient units, and self help networks, etc.
• Assessment and referral to community based social services with support
around critical transitions to new services
• Provide education and access to needed community resources such as food
pantries, benefits and rental assistance
• Eligibility determination and readiness work to promote access to umbrella state
agencies such as DMH, DDS, Substance Abuse Bureau, SHIP, etc.
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• Integration of Change Model, Motivational interviewing, and Harm Reduction
approaches
Selection Criteria is based on the following: Single adults with a history of chronic
homelessness, mental health diagnosis, MBHP membership, and a willingness to engage
in services. The program operates through a philosophy of continued and extensive
outreach and engagement services regardless of current housing status. Eliot Services
PATH staff currently serves two clients in the Northampton area and will continue to
make two slots available throughout the year. They have matched C-SPECH services
with affordable housing placements via VASH Vouchers, Home City Housing, and
Northampton Housing Authority units. Staff offers a minimum of 3 hours of housing
stabilization services per week per client and currently serves up to 12 clients thru out
Western MA (6 in Springfield).
REACH (Regional Engagement and Assessment of Chronically Homeless) housing first
services were provided by ServiceNet, but these clients were transferred to the Housing
Plus program as part of a regional SAMHSA grant, once REACH dollars ran out.
REACH provider participates continue to meet monthly at the Department of Mental
Health building to match chronically homeless clients with affordable housing resources
and support services. Housing and service providers attend along with direct care
persons who have contact w/homeless individuals in need of housing and support
services. The support service and housing programs in attendance and utilized include,
but are not limited to the following:
• Behavioral Health Network and Soldier On /SAMHSA Mission West Program
• Eliot Community Health System – C-SPECH & PATH
• Home City Housing – Go West and other Housing Resources
• VA Case managers – VASH
• ServiceNet – Shelter, Drop in Center, Housing Plus-SAMHSA Team, Yvonne’s
House
• DMH Western Mass. Housing Coordinator Chris Zabik – Eligibility for Shelter
Plus, CBFS, Case management services
• Mental Health Association – Shelter plus Care McKinney Subsidies
• DMH Club House- Starlight Center
With the 100% response rate for Annual Point in Time Count surveys, as well as the
increasing utilization of the HMIS system, data on the chronically homeless is becoming
more reliable and comprehensive. The Street outreach worker who conducts the
unsheltered count has been the same individual for years. Brendan Plante from Eliot
Services knows the unsheltered individuals well, as many of them tend to be the same
year after year. The locations where unsheltered folks camp are well known.
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The number of unsheltered chronic homeless has gone from 11 in 2010 to 5 in 2012.
There is always a slight increase when the winter shelters in Northampton and Amherst
close for the season. Efforts towards engagement and trust building continue.
Sometimes the process takes years.
Specific FY13 Action steps to end chronic homelessness:
• CEDO staff will facilitate local collaboration between Police Department, service
providers and downtown business community to improve services coordination
for sheltered and unsheltered chronically homeless downtown. This task force,
entitled the Downtown Resource Center Work Group, first met on June 23, 2011.
The group continues to meet to address downtown safety and services
coordination for the homeless, as well as the relocation and expansion of the
Homeless Drop-In Resource Center.
• Street Outreach Clinician will continue to link unsheltered residents with local
services and participate in coordinated case management meetings with other
providers.
• City will continue to participate in Western Mass. Regional Network to End
Homelessness Discharge Planning meetings to develop and adopt local protocols
to prevent public systems discharging people into homelessness. Meetings are
taking place with area hospitals, psychiatric units, community mental health
workers, reintegration managers at area jails and houses of corrections. Work
group on housing sex offenders continues to meet regularly.
• CEDO staff will meet with potential developers of Safe Havens housing to
identify support services dollars, which are difficult to locate.
Homelessness Prevention: During Year 29, the City will actively support with CDBG
funding, the SRO Outreach Program, the Community Action Resource Center/First Call
for Help, the Literacy Project, the Manna Soup Kitchen, the Survival Center Food Pantry,
the Valley CDC Homeownership Program, the Council on Aging Home Repair Program
and the Mass. Fair Housing Center’s Fair Housing Program. The CDBG Public services
Review Committee also voted to fund a new project this year. The Community Legal
Aid Homelessness Prevention Project focuses specifically on court involved households
and works to stabilize public housing tenancies. The target population is households
with public subsidies because the loss of those subsidies severely limits options for
housing placements in the future.
All the public service programs listed above directly or indirectly preserve existing
housing. Regionally, the City will participate in efforts to secure funding to maintain
and/or expand the Tenancy Preservation Program, the tenant/landlord mediation
services provided through the Housing Court, and seek additional financial sources for
rental and utility arrearages for households at risk of homelessness.
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The City also supports the efforts of Valley Community Development Corporation.
Valley holds quarterly meetings with its property manager and area service providers to
identify and resolve any challenges Valley’s tenants may be experiencing in order to
stabilize the tenancies and prevent evictions. The City has encouraged SMOC (South
Middlesex Opportunity Council based in Framingham) that owns and operates
affordable SRO housing in the region to adopt the same model.
As the region moves to a homelessness prevention, housing first and rapid re-housing
system model, the City will engage in efforts to promote and create those programs. The
City will also be cognizant of the need to transition to this new system slowly, rather
than dismantling the emergency shelter system prior to the other components being in
place.
Supportive Housing for Non-Homeless: The City will continue to support, through
CDBG funding, the Senior Home Repair Program for those age 60 and older. This
program assists the elderly and frail elderly with home repairs to enable them to remain
safely in their own homes. Locally, persons with disabilities are assisted by the Stavros
Center for Independent Living. The City will continue to advocate for funding for the
Housing Authority's project proposed for clients of the Department of Developmental
Services. Persons with HIV/AIDS are assisted by Hampshire Aids/Care, the River Valley
Counseling Center and Tapestry Health. Persons with alcohol abuse issues will be
assisted by the new sober home on Maple Avenue created last year with CPA,
MassHousing CCRI and private funding. The house is now fully inhabited with 6
formerly homeless men and women committed to sobriety.
The Department of Mental Health added three subsidies in Northampton from a
statewide allocation that came on line last year. They were applied to already existing
units. No new units of housing for DMH clients are proposed for this coming year.
Activities to Overcome Barriers to Affordable Housing (91.220 j)
During Year 29, the Housing Partnership will work closely with the Office of Planning
and Development to develop recommendations on zoning changes that will facilitate the
preservation and creation of affordable housing units. The Housing Partnership will
continue to implement recommendations in the Housing Needs Assessment/Strategic
Housing Plan. The Community Preservation Committee awarded the funding to the
Partnership to create the plan, so they can use it to guide CPA funding decisions. The
Planning Board is also benefitting from having a document that clearly articulates
housing needs in the community and possible zoning revisions to encourage unit
preservation and new creation. This will enhance the City’s overall coordination with
regard to housing policy and program support.
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Contained within the Strategic Housing Plan are several regulatory recommendations
the Housing Partnership, CEDO and Planning Office will continue to pursue to
encourage the creation of affordable housing. Some of those action items suggested are:
Adopt inclusionary zoning
Ease restrictions on city and village center development
Promote mixed use development in more locations
Revise Cluster Zoning Provisions
Modify Accessory Apartment requirements
Revise Parking requirements
Explore form based zoning
Establish a new mixed use innovations zone
Fund small infill development
Recapitalize the Trust Fund
Make suitable public property available for development
The City will continue to work closely with the Northampton Housing Authority to
improve accessibility to housing opportunities. Through the Housing Partnership, a fact
sheet was created for Housing Authority dissemination to formerly homeless applicants.
It is often difficult for formerly homeless to provide all the required documentation for a
Housing Authority application (i.e. 5 years of recent rental history). By bringing the
Housing Authority Director together with local homeless advocates, a sheet was created
that informs the applicant that they can be assisted at ServiceNet’s Drop In Center (and
includes a map). This will reduce the number of rejections based on incomplete
applications and result in more formerly homeless securing permanent affordable
housing. The NHA has also hired bi-lingual personnel and efforts continue to create
tenancy documents in other languages.
Assistance from the Mass. Fair Housing Center will be requested to update the
Impediments to Fair Housing Analysis. CDBG funding will be used to update the plan.
A focus group is planned for late May 2012.
On-going consultation will occur with housing and homeless service providers through
the Next Step Collaborative and Three County Continuum of Care (in the new
configuration) to address any barriers that may be identified throughout the year.
Annual HIV/AIDS Housing and HOPWA Goals (91.220(1)(3))
During Program Year 29, AidsCare of Hampshire County will continue providing 10
rental subsidies to households affected with HIV/Aids. Case management services,
including housing search, homelessness prevention, life skills training and advocacy
will be provided to those households. An application was made to the HUD McKinney
Program in 2011, as the number one bonus project. The funding award for 10 additional
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housing subsidies has been approved and will begin July 1, 2012. The case management
component will also be enhanced with this funding award.
Discharge Policy (91.225(c)(10)
The City will support the Three County Continuum of Care protocols to prevent people
from being discharged from public and private institutions directly into homelessness.
Additionally, the Massachusetts Operational Services Division has developed discharge
planning specification language in its human services RFPs to ensure consistency in
discharge planning for state funded agencies in order to establish an effective discharge
policy in the service system statewide. The language aims to ensure consistency in
discharge planning among vendors. Massachusetts has an on-going practice of
evaluating its policies to prevent discharge from institutions and health care facilities
that result in homelessness.
Monitoring (91.230)
The Community and Economic Development Office (CEDO) will monitor and measure
the success of annual activities against the goals identified in the Consolidated Plan.
Progress on the ConPlan needs and strategies will be evaluated on an annual basis to
determine if changes are required to plan priorities and strategies. Performance of
annual activities will be evaluated against the target outcomes identified in the sub-
recipient agreements. CEDO will conduct on-site monitoring visits to sub-recipients on
a regular rotating basis. In addition all sub-recipients will provide quarterly and annual
reports which will be reviewed and entered into the IDIS reporting system. Any
problems identified by sub-recipients or by CEDO staff will be address on a quarterly
basis. Expenditures will be monitored and evaluated quarterly.
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