[MassHistPres] demolition by neglect/affirmative maintenance andlink to low interest loan program

Tue Oct 21 11:34:51 EDT 2008

Michaela,

Check with the Cambridge Historical Commission about their similar program - links below.

The assistance seems small (average $10,000), so I suspect (contrary to Charles Sullivan's description) that the CPA part of this must be a loan program. According to their website, they started the program w federal CDBG funds. The CPA, however, normally requires the acquisition of a permanent public interest for permanent public funds, and I can't imagine any homeowner conveying a permanent deed restriction, for either affordability or preservation, for $10,000. 

-Alice Ingerson, Community Preservation Program Manager, Newton, MA

Date:Wed 10 Sep 11:34:14 EDT 2008
From:"Sullivan, Charles M." <csullivan at cambridgema.gov>
Subject:Re: [MassHistPres] Historic Preservation Fund Issues

Cambridge has allocated about 40% of its annual CPA historic preservation allocation to a preservation grant program to assist non-profits and affordable housing programs. 

See 

http://www.cambridgema.gov/Historic/grants_institutional.html
for the Institutional Preservation Grants

http://www.cambridgema.gov/Historic/grants.html
for the affordable housing grants. 

The grants for non-profits have been very well received.

Charles M. Sullivan, Executive Director
Cambridge Historical Commission
831 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Mass.  02139
617 349-4684 voice, 349-3116 fax

---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:42:33 -0400
>From: "Bruce Young" <byoung at northamptonma.gov>  
>Subject: Re: [MassHistPres] demolition by neglect/affirmative maintenance andlink to low interest loan program  
>To: <michaelamoran1 at earthlink.net>, <masshistpres at cs.umb.edu>
>
>Hi Michaela,
>
>Just an FYI- CPA funds would only be allowed to be used on homes that
>meet the M.G. L. 44B criteria of affordable or historic and CPA funds
>cannot be used for maintenance.
>
>Best,
>
>Bruce Young 
>
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>Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 8:55 AM
>To: masshistpres at cs.umb.edu
>Subject: [MassHistPres] demolition by neglect/affirmative maintenance
>andlink to low interest loan program
>
>Dear List serve participants,
>
> 
>
>Our community-Acton- is considering putting forth a demolition by
>neglect/affirmative maintenance bylaw for consideration at town meeting.
>I
>was wondering if there are any communities which link this type of
>regulation with a program for lending monies to homeowners to fulfill
>the
>requirements of such a by-law? My thought is to perhaps use a portion of
>our
>Community Preservation Act funds to create a low-interest loan program
>which
>could help homeowners who might have financial difficulties in
>maintaining
>their properties. Are there any examples of such a program in
>Massachusetts?
>
> 
>
>Michaela Moran
>
>Michaela Moran,
>
>Secretary
>
>Acton Historic District Commission
>
> 
>
> 
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Alice E. Ingerson, Ph.D.
Community Preservation Program Manager
City of Newton, Massachusetts
aingerson at newtonma.gov, 617.796.1144 
www.ci.newton.ma.us/cpa
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