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Affordable Housing Program
2007A Funding Round Recipients
Total units: 1,106
Total AHP grants: $8.625 million
Total development costs: $141.90 million
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Eastern Pennsylvania
Apartments at Cliveden
Philadelphia, PA
Lender:
PNC Bank
Sponsor:
NewCourtland Elder Services
Total units: 60
Total AHP grants: $500,000
Total development costs: $12,580,379
NewCourtland Elder Services will build a 60-unit facility for low-income seniors on a vacant lot next to its Cliveden Convalescent Center at Johnson and Greene streets in Mount Airy. Of the 60 housing units to be built, 14 will serve the physically handicapped. The development will also include a community room, outdoor green space and administrative space. This rental facility is designed to serve low-income, frail elderly individuals. While the Apartments at Cliveden will offer independent living for seniors, a portion of the units will assist individuals who are in need of significant supportive services or supervision.
Bethlehem Affordable Housing
Bethlehem, PA
Lender:
Keystone Nazareth Bank
Sponsor:
Bethlehem YMCA
Total units: 35
Total AHP grants: $150,000
Total development costs: $4,260,286
Bethlehem Affordable Housing represents a major upgrade of existing YMCA housing located in a certified area of blight in the city of Bethlehem. The nearly 60-year-old existing building will undergo substantial rehabilitation, with 56 current units of housing that are dark and gloomy converted into space containing 35 air conditioned units with elevator access to each floor. Residents will enjoy access to the YMCA’s programs and services, including day care and a swimming pool, and several Northampton County organizations may provide onsite programs in life skills, employment training and financial planning.
Fountain Springs Apartments
Ashland, PA
Lender:
Sovereign Bank
Sponsor:
Gaudenzia Foundation, Inc.
Total units: 6
Total AHP grants: $425,000
Total development costs: $1,200,000
Fountain Springs Apartments is an existing 30,000 square-foot structure consisting of three stories and a basement with four wings. Located at 95 South Broad Street in Ashland, sponsor Gaudenzia Foundation Inc. has been operating a residential substance abuse treatment program at the site for approximately 15 years. Gaudenzia’s plans include developing six additional units of permanent supportive housing for homeless families with dependent children, where the female head of household is recovering from substance abuse and often, a co-occurring mental illness or physical impairments. The six extra units to be created will be built within a currently vacant section of the facility.
Harriet Beecher Stowe Apartments
Scranton, PA
Lender:
PNC Bank
Sponsor:
United Neighborhood Centers of Lackawanna County
Total units: 18
Total AHP grants: $100,000
Total development costs: $4,881,589
This is a major renovation project at the site of an elementary school built around 1900 that closed in 1978. United Neighborhood Centers will convert a three-story stone schoolhouse in a residential area into 18 units, two of them serving the physically handicapped. Apartment sizes will range from 650 to 1,050 square feet. Amenities will include a landscaped yard, tot lot, community room with kitchen and community space, and onsite parking for 28 vehicles. The proposed development is located four blocks from South Scranton’s main shopping district.
HART Rental Phase 2A
Allentown, PA
Lender:
Keystone Nazareth Bank
Sponsor:
Allentown Housing Authority
Total units: 60
Total AHP grants: $300,000
Total development costs: $14,498,691
HART Phase2A is the latest phase of redevelopment for the former Hanover Acres/Riverview Terrace public housing project, built in the 1930s and now functionally obsolete and creating blight in an otherwise stable community. The total project plan calls for 269 new units of rental housing, with the first two phases under construction. In addition, the developer will construct 53 homeownership units at the site and convert an historic train depot into a community building. When completed, Phase 2A will consist of 16 one-bedroom, 26 two-bedroom and 18 three-bedroom rental units, most of them twins or townhomes.
Inglis Gardens at Elmwood
Philadelphia, PA
Lender:
Sovereign Bank
Sponsor:
Inglis Housing Corporation
Total units: 15
Total AHP grants: $112,500
Total development costs: $3,542,099
To be located in the Elmwood section of Philadelphia, a stable, moderate-income community, Inglis Gardens at Elmwood is a new construction project approximately six miles from center city. It is designed to provide rental housing for individuals with severe mobility impairments who desire to live independently. The project is intended to address the lack of low-cost, non-institutional housing for individuals suffering from multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, spinal cord injuries and other neurological disorders. There is ample community support for this project, which will be located on two bus routes and is accessible to medical facilities, pharmacies, grocery stores, places of worship and other services.
Lancaster Gateway Mixed-Use Project
Philadelphia, PA
Lender:
Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania
Sponsor:
Peoples Emergency Center Community Development Corporation
Total units: 6
Total AHP grants: $90,000
Total development costs: $2,102,990
With PEC as the sole owner and primary project developer, this three-story mixed use facility at 4017-19 Lancaster Avenue is a stated cornerstone of the 40th and Lancaster Gateway, a key implementation project highlighted in the West Powelton/Saunders Park Neighborhood Plan completed in 2004. Proposed for vacant double lots and two additional rear lots at 612-14 North 40th Street, this mixed-use project will include 1,650 square feet of ground floor commercial space (tentatively a Caribbean restaurant or sandwich shop) and six residential units for the homeless at the rear of the first floor and on two upper floors, for a total development of approximately 9,212 square feet. Homeless women and their children earning less than 50 percent of the area median income will qualify for housing. Presbyterian Hospital and the 30th Street RTA station are nearby.
Men’s New Life Program
Philadelphia, PA
Lender:
PNC Bank
Sponsor:
Whosoever Gospel Mission & Rescue Home
Total units: 45
Total AHP grants: $500,000
Total development costs: $2,032,745
The Men’s New Life Program is rising from the ashes. A fire at an adjacent warehouse spread to the program building in February 2006, causing extensive damage. The replacement structure for the damaged 100-year-old building will contain 45 units of special needs housing, assisting homeless men with drug or alcohol addictions to get back on their feet through a bevy of supportive services including a six-month to one-year work preparedness program that includes vocational training. The Whosoever Gospel and Rescue Mission Home Association of Germantown was founded in 1892 and is sponsoring this facility as part of its residency-based support programs.
Minsi Ridge
Bethlehem, PA
Lender:
Lafayette Ambassador Bank
Sponsor:
Habitat for Humanity of the Lehigh Valley, Inc.
Total units: 27
Total AHP grants: $500,000
Total development costs: $5,337,145
South Bethlehem is on the rise. After suffering a decline in quality jobs and housing and an increase in crime, the city is now experiencing new development and escalating real estate prices. However, a lack of affordable housing is making it difficult for those with limited incomes to buy into the current housing market.
Habitat for Humanity of Lehigh Valley is acquiring a 16.8-acre site on which it will construct 27 three-bedroom homes so hardworking, low-income families can set down roots in the area. Habitat’s planned subdivision, Minsi Ridge, targets families at 35-50 percent of the area median income. The project also incorporates a partnership with Wildlands Conservancy to preserve 11.8 acres of the site for open space, with youth groups set to create hiking trails on the property. Habitat for Humanity utilizes the volunteer services of community members and the financial and in-kind contributions of individuals and businesses to create sturdy, attractive single-family affordable homes.
Oak Ridge Townhomes
Towanda, PA
Lender:
First Citizens National Bank
Sponsor:
Monarch Development Group LLC
Total units: 40
Total AHP grants: $200,000
Total development costs: $8,379,585
Oak Ridge Townhomes is the first affordable family townhome community proposed for Bradford County in more than 20 years. Forty two- and three-bedroom units will be made available to low-income workers in the area, with four units serving the handicapped. There will be a total of eight residential buildings and one community building located on the nearly nine-acre site.
Stable Homes for Stable Families V
Philadelphia, PA
Lender:
PNC Bank
Sponsor:
Allegheny West Foundation
Total units: 10
Total AHP grants: $500,000
Total development costs: $2,627,450
Ten new homes will be built on 22 vacant and blighted lots as part of Allegheny West Foundation’s Forgotten Blocks redevelopment plan that targets a six-block neighborhood in North Philadelphia. When the overall plan is completed, 66 vacant sites will be transformed into 47 low-income housing units and four commercial locations. The immediate project represents the final phase of residential development in the Forgotten Blocks zone.
Station House Apartments
Susquehanna, PA
Lender:
People’s National Bank of Susquehanna County
Sponsor:
The Trehab Center
Total units: 6
Total AHP grants: $60,000
Total development costs: $1,667,511
The rehabilitation of the former Perrine Building in Susquehanna Borough will restore one of six original buildings downtown. This mixed-use development will consist of office or retail space on the ground floor and affordable housing for the elderly on the upper two floors in the form of four one-bedroom and two two-bedroom units. One will be handicapped accessible and another equipped for the vision- and hearing-impaired.
Strawberry Mansion Homeownership Development-Phase I
Philadelphia, PA
Lender:
Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania
Sponsor:
Friends Rehabilitation Program, Inc.
Total units: 24
Total AHP grants: $500,000
Total development costs: $7,068,390
Adjacent to Fairmount Park, Strawberry Mansion is a neighborhood rich in cultural history and architectural significance. Yet population has declined, and blight and crime are making inroads. Further, the large, historic homes that dot this neighborhood are quite difficult for low-income families to maintain. The sponsor, Friends Rehabilitation, proposes to build three- and four-bedroom, high quality properties targeted to first-time homebuyers to assist in the area’s rebirth.
Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission
Philadelphia, PA
Lender:
Firstrust Bank
Sponsor:
Sunday Breakfast Association
Total units: 250
Total AHP grants: $500,000
Total development costs: $782,195
Located at 302 N. 13th Street, this rescue mission will focus its assistance on chronically homeless individuals who have a documented history of living in the streets and in city- and church-funded shelters and of refusing formal social services interventions. They may also have psychiatric disabilities and are highly likely to exhibit co-occurring substance abuse disorders. This population is in need of safe, permanent housing, and that is the need that the Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission hopes to meet.
Tioga United Homeownership Project
Philadelphia, PA
Lender:
PNC Bank
Sponsor:
Tioga United
Total units: 9
Total AHP grants: $249,659
Total development costs: $2,353,659
The neighborhood action group Tioga United will renovate six large vacant dwellings and convert them into nine units for homeownership. Each unit will be affordable to families at 47 percent of the area median income. These new three- and four-bedroom homes will sell for $90,000-$110,000. All six units are being acquired through condemnation.
Central Pennsylvania
Dauphin County VOA Living Center
Harrisburg, PA
Lender:
Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania
Sponsor:
Volunteers of America of Pennsylvania
Total units: 15
Total AHP grants: $250,000
Total development costs: $2,131,863
The Dauphin County Office of Mental Health estimates that 50 percent of adults with mental illness have been using more than half of their income for rent and are “extremely cost burdened.” This new facility addresses this issue. The Living Center will be constructed on a wooded, four-acre lot, yet provide access to public transportation, shopping, banking, churches and recreation. This 15-unit multi-family apartment complex will also offer supportive services to the tenants, individuals with chronic or severe mental illness.
East End Initiative
Carlisle, PA
Lender:
Farmers & Merchants Trust Company
Sponsor:
Carlisle Housing Opportunities Corp.
Total units: 5
Total AHP grants: $75,000
Total development costs: $1,233,400
Five homes will be constructed in the east end of the Borough of Carlisle as part of the Pride of Carlisle Initiative. These five homes represent the fourth phase of this ongoing and comprehensive neighborhood revitalization project.
Mount Pleasant Homes
Harrisburg, PA
Lender:
Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania
Sponsor:
Tri-County Housing Development Corp
Total units: 25
Total AHP grants: $500,000
Total development costs: $5,255,670
This new mixed-income neighborhood is being built as part of an ongoing revitalization effort being coordinated by the City of Harrisburg and the South Allison Hill Community Action Commission. Twenty-five single-family homes will be built and sold to various low- to moderate-income buyers. Sales prices will range between $65,000 and $85,000. Two two-bedroom, six three-bedroom and 17 four-bedroom units will be built.
Renaissance Project- East Prospect Street
York, PA
Lender:
Sovereign Bank
Sponsor:
York Habitat for Humanity
Total units: 6
Total AHP grants: $60,000
Total development costs: $445,500
Habitat will rehabilitate six homes in the 200 block of East Prospect Street in Olde Towne East. The work will be conducted in a designated Elm Street neighborhood. This six-home project is part of a much larger 18-block renaissance initiative. As with other Habitat projects, homebuyers will be required to extend “sweat equity” before moving onto the premises.
Western Pennsylvania
Crossroads Meadow
Ebensburg, PA
Lender:
West Union Bank
Sponsor:
Housing Services Alliance
Total units: 51
Total AHP grants: $204,000
Total development costs: $5,789,719
This rural affordable housing project in Cambria County will consist of a total of ten one-story and two-story buildings on 3.58 acres. Six units will be dedicated to physically handicapped tenants. The development site is within one mile of a variety of community amenities.
East Braddock Housing
Braddock, PA
Lender:
PNC Bank
Sponsor:
Mon Valley Initiative
Total units: 17
Total AHP grants: $240,000
Total development costs: $4,042,850
Blighted with abandoned single-family homes that present a hazard to neighbors as well as with overgrown lots, Corey Avenue in Braddock will receive a much-needed facelift through this project, part of The Mon Valley Initiative being spearheaded by twelve community development corporations that represent community stakeholders along the Monongahela River. East Braddock Housing will alter Corey Avenue by demolishing four of the worst structures and constructing five affordable housing units within two duplexes and a single-family home. These rental units will feature ample backyards. A vacant lot will also be modified to provide off-street parking. In addition, East Braddock Housing will rehabilitate a decrepit three-story structure in East Pittsburgh. All units encompassed by this project will be designed to serve households with incomes at or below 60 percent of the area’s median income.
East Liberty Place-North
Pittsburgh, PA
Lender:
Citizens Bank of Pennsylvania
Sponsor:
Community Builders, Inc.
Total units: 54
Total AHP grants: $500,000
Total development costs: $9,710,185
With 54 mixed-income rental units, six of them dedicated to the physically handicapped, East Liberty Place-North represents the redevelopment of part of the site of the former East Mall Apartments. This is a mixed-use facility with three floors of apartments above ground floor commercial space, management offices and a community activity area. Thirty-five of the 54 units at East Liberty Place-North are reserved for low-income households; 19 will serve households with incomes greater than 60 percent of the area median income. East Liberty is sprouting new retail activity as well as housing, and Community Builders, Inc., along with the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh, envisions this project as the western gateway to this zone of revived activity.
Energy and Comfort Enhancement Project
New Brighton, PA
Lender:
ESB Bank
Sponsor:
McGuire Memorial
Total units: 89
Total AHP grants: $110,000
Total development costs: $110,000
89 formerly homeless special needs individuals will benefit from improved living conditions at the Intermediate Care Facility of McGuire Memorial in New Brighton. These mentally and physically challenged individuals, ranging in age from seven to 65, are too infirm to live on their own or with their families. Included in this rehabilitation project are replacement of a leaking roof which has been causing structural damage, replacement of 20 rotting windows that have been held in place with duct tape, and repair of damage caused by water leaks.
The Upper Rooms
Pittsburgh, PA
Lender:
PNC Bank
Sponsor:
Reformed Presbyterian Woman’s Association
Total units: 26
Total AHP grants: $260,000
Total development costs: $4,161,579
Upper Rooms is a mixed-use and mixed-income project on Pittsburgh’s North Side. It is now under construction, with an anticipated completion date of fall 2007. The main structure is an apartment building with entry plaza, office, community room and laundry. Twenty-six of the 35 apartments are HUD-funded and reserved for persons with incomes at or below 50 percent of the area median income. The remaining nine, which are outside the scope of the AHP funding, are targeted to individuals above this income level. The project also includes a connector to the Reformed Presbyterian Home, a 100-bed skilled nursing home and personal care facility, making possible the delivery of a broad range of services to the apartment tenants. The corridor will also include a cafeteria, barber/beauty shop, library and lounge.
York Commons
Pittsburgh, PA
Lender:
PNC Bank
Sponsor:
Presbyterian Senior Care; Affirmative Investments
Total units: 102
Total AHP grants: $500,000
Total development costs: $18,704,713
York Commons represents a large-scale rehabilitation of a functionally obsolete apartment building for seniors in Lawrenceville. This building, Lambeth Apartments, has a nearly 50 percent vacancy rate. York Commons will combine 194 units into 102 larger units, programmable community space to support services for frail elderly, and greatly expanded accessibility and adaptability for the handicapped. A service coordinator will integrate York Commons residents to appropriate medical, dietary, financial and legal support services at the neighboring Caterbury Place assisted living facility.
West Virginia
Carewood
Delbarton, WV
Lender:
First National Bank of Williamson
Sponsor:
Housing Authority of Mingo County
Total units: 4
Total AHP grants: $329,000
Total development costs: $548,849
Due to highway construction and flooding that has demolished 800 units of housing in Mingo County within the past five years, there is a critical shortage of affordable housing in the area, especially special needs housing. This project will help rectify this situation. The project will purchase land and build four two-bedroom units for homeless families, with first priority given to families that include a disabled person served by the Logan Mingo Mental Health Center, a project partner. Families will be taken off the streets or out of other undesirable living quarters and given an opportunity to start fresh and create stability in their lives. Williamson is one of FHLBank Pittsburgh’s Blueprint Communities.
South Fork Crossing-Phase II/Scattered Sites
Brandywine, WV
Lender:
Pendleton Community Bank
Sponsor:
Almost Heaven Habitat for Humanity
Total units: 10
Total AHP grants: $150,000
Total development costs: $804,000
Almost Heaven Habitat for Humanity partners with very-low- and low-income families who are in need of decent, affordable housing. This project represents the second phase of home construction in the South Fork Crossing subdivision as well as the creation of four additional units of housing at scattered sites across Pendleton County. Almost Heaven Habitat employs the good works of volunteer community labor, in-kind contributions from business and financial donations to help families build their own homes. As with all Habitat purchasers, each family is required to contribute “sweat equity” during the construction process.
Out of District
Hawthorne Supportive Housing
Hawthorne, NJ
Lender:
PNC Bank
Sponsor:
New Jersey Community Development Corporation
Total units: 13
Total AHP grants: $130,000
Total development costs: $3,290,092
This three-story 13-unit apartment building will be located just across the border from the City of Paterson. It will house very-low-income individuals with developmental disabilities. The project will include a community room and outdoor area and feature ENERGY STAR® appliances. All units will be handicapped adaptable. The AHP funding will be used to finance construction expenses – the last needed source of funds to complete this project. Occupancy is expected to occur in October 2007.
Historic Northern Apartments
Chippewa Falls, WI
Lender:
PNC Bank
Sponsor:
CommonBond Communities
Total units: 43
Total AHP grants: $322,500
Total development costs: $5,716,319
Northern Apartments was created in 1981. The facility remains a viable and integral part of downtown Chippewa Falls’ success. To maintain a viable downtown presence, the owners plan a variety of upgrades to the facility including new carpeting, enhanced lighting, wall painting, tile replacement, a new common area kitchen, improvements to the community room, new kitchens in living units, and two more fully accessible handicapped units. Northern Apartments LLC, with CommonBond Communities as its sole member, purchased the building in 2006.
New Beginnings Cooperative Association, Inc.
Washington, DC
Lender:
United Bank
Sponsor:
Manna, Inc.
Total units: 15
Total AHP$: $112,500
Total development costs: $3,549,093
New Beginnings Cooperative Association will provide 15 affordable, limited equity cooperative units to first-time homebuyers in the nation’s capital. This project involves the gut rehabilitation of a deteriorating property at 2922 Sherman Avenue NW consisting of two stories and a basement. The building has been found to be in violation of multiple housing codes, and current residents have been vacated until renovations in this previously overcrowded building are complete. Overcrowding will be relieved by constructing a fourth story and creating larger, family-oriented units. Twelve of the 15 units will be reserved for households with incomes below 50 percent of the area median income.
Northeast Parcel Community
Washington, DC
Lender:
United Bank
Sponsor:
DC Habitat for Humanity
Total units: 20
Total AHP$: $195,000
Total development costs: $3,098,470
DC Habitat for Humanity is developing a 53-home community of semi-detached duplexes in the Ward 7 Northeast Boundary neighborhood, an area with one of the highest poverty rates and lowest median property values in the District. The AHP funding will cover the final 20 homes on the site. The first six homes were provided AHP grants from FHLBank Atlanta. Half of all homes are now complete. Each unit will sell for $105,000, making their cost very attractive when compared to rental or standard homeownership costs in the market. As always, these Habitat homes will involve some “sweat equity” on the part of the homebuyers
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