[MassHistPres] CPA Historic Property Programs

[Sullivan, Charles M.]

Cambridge has had a Preservation Grant program for many years - long before CPA - but it's limited to owners who are eligible for affordable housing assistance, affordable housing agencies themselves, and non-profit owners of significant buildings, including churches. We do not make grants to homeowners who are not income-eligible.

Charles Sullivan, Executive Director
Cambridge Historical Commission

Charles Sullivan, Executive Director
Cambridge Historical Commission
831 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Mass. 02139

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Subject: [MassHistPres] CPA Historic Property Programs

Does anyone know of a community in Massachusetts other than Cambridge which has a program to provide small grants or loans to private owners of historic properties for either restoration or renovations, funded by CPA money? I'm focused on a program administered by a city or town, as opposed to occasional requests from private property owners for CPA funding.

Cambridge has a program which is run by the Cambridge Historical Commission:

https://www.communitypreservation.org/cambridge-grants<https://gcc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.communitypreservation.org%2Fcambridge-grants&data=02%7C01%7Ccsullivan%40cambridgema.gov%7Ca8c1b23bbd69424ab3e708d82b6f90aa%7Cc06a8be784794d73b35193bc9ba8295c%7C0%7C0%7C637307105474716206&sdata=6cYVdwP47Mvjc9R4iObE6H19sv4HKeS009YozKlz68Q%3D&reserved=0>

It is limited to funding income-eligible homeowners and non-profits - though there is nothing in the CPA law that couples income eligibility with historic projects or non-profit status, that is simply what Cambridge chose to do.

Thanks,

Ralph Slate
Springfield, MA


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