Hi, do you have a few minutes to express your support for preservation-based community development?


The National Trust for Historic Preservation provides leadership, education, advocacy, and resources to save diverse historic places and revitalize our communities. For an example of one of the buildings and communities, please take a look at the American Brewery Building: http://www.preservationnation.org/resources/case-studies/loan-funds/american-brewery-brewhouse.html

HUD is making available by competition $1.93 billion to eligible states, units of local government, non-profits, and consortia of non-profits. The National Trust is applying for $100 million from HUD to create 1068 units of low-income housing. The funds target abandoned and foreclosed property in neighborhoods in need of low-income housing. The National Trust has formed a partnership with preservation and community development organizations, developers, and financial institutions to rehabilitate the properties into low-income single family and multi-fmaily housing. The sites selected are in:

St. Paul, MN
Pittsburgh, PA
New Orleans, LA
Waterville, ME
Meridian, MS
Davenport, IA
St. Louis, MO
Chicago's Washington Park Neighborhood

The National Trust is seeking comments on its proposal to HUD. Please express your support for the rehabilitation of abandoned and foreclosed propoerties in neighborhoods in need of low-income housing. The deadline for comments is Monday, July 13, 2009 at midnight.

Please post comments here:
http://www.preservationnation.org/issues/community-revitalization/nsp.html