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Chris Bazar, Agency Director

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Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) for Foreclosed and Blighted Properties

• NSP Home
• NSP 1
• NSP 2

To see Available Properties please go to www.homehub.org

NSP 1

Alameda County's Housing and Community Development Department received an allocation of $2.1 million in NSP funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to address the problem of abandoned and foreclosed homes. To receive these funds, the County prepared a Substantial Amendment to its Consolidated Plan and made the draft available for public comment for a period of 15 days.

HCD issued a competitive Request for Proposals in spring 2009 and selected Hallmark Community Solutions to implement the NSP1 grant in the approved census tracts in Unincorporated Alameda County and the City of Newark. The Board of Supervisors approved a Program Agreement with Hallmark Community Solutions in late summer, 2009. If you have questions regarding the contracting opportunities or properties to purchase, please contact Hallmark directly at: http://www.hallmarksolutions.org/

Hallmark Community Solutions
Mardie Oakes, Executive Director
1242 Market Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 84102

For more information, please link directly to the Phase1 webpage.

NSP 2

In February 2009, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), which authorized an additional $2 billion nationwide for a second round of NSP which may be used for the same purposes as provided in the original NSP Program. Alameda County HCD created the NSP2 Consortiuum (consisting of the cities of Emeryville, San Leandro, Hayward, Union City, Newark, Fremont, Dublin, Pleasanton, Livermore and the unincorporated County) to apply for $11,000,000 of NSP2 funding. On January 19, 2010, HUD informed the County of its award of NSP2 funding.

HCD, as lead member of the NSP Consortium, began negotiations with the two Development Partners selected by members of the consortium to implement NSP 2. Program Agreements will go to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors in June, 2010. The programmatic Environmental Review was published on May 8, 2010 and a Request for Release of Funds will be sent to HUD on May 24, 2010. Contact information for each of the NSP 2 Development partners is:

For more information, please link directly to the Phase2 webpage.

Reports for NSP1

• 7/1/2009 1st Quarterly Report (PDF - 27kB)
• 10/1/2009 2nd Quarterly Report (PDF - 29kB)
• 1/1/2010 3rd Quarterly Report (PDF - 42kB)
• 4/1/2010 4rd Quarterly Report (PDF - 27kB)
• 7/30/10 5th Quarterly Report (PDF - 55kB)
• 10/30/10 6th Quarterly Report (PDF - 29kB)
• 1/30/11 7th Quarterly Report (PDF - 31kB)
• 4/30/11 8th Quarterly Report (PDF - 28kB)
• 7/30/11 9th Quarterly Report (PDF - 31kB)
• 10/30/11 10th Quarterly Report (PDF - 32kB)
• 1/30/12 11th Quarterly Report (PDF - 31kB)

Reports for NSP2

• 4/30/2010 1st Quarterly Report (PDF - 55kB)
• 7/10/10 2nd Quarterly Report (PDF - 36kB)
• 10/10/2010 3rd Quarterly Report (PDF - 43kB)
• 1/10/2011 4th Quarterly Report (PDF - 31kB)
• 4/10/2011 5th Quarterly Report (PDF - 31kB)
• 7/10/2011 6th Quarterly Report (PDF - 31kB)
• 10/10/11 7th Quarterly Report (PDF - 45kB)
• 1/10/12 8th Quarterly Report (PDF - 57kB)
• 4/10/12 9th Quarterly Report (PDF - 58kB)