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Neighborhood Stabilization Program

The purpose of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) is to assist communities that have been, or are likely to be affected by foreclosures, while providing affordable rental and homeownership opportunities to households at or below 120% of Area Median Income.
For more information on the program, to view the NSP houses currently available, and/or to find out how to participate in NSP, please visit www.nspdelaware.org.

• NSP 1 Brochure
• NSP 1 Brochure En Español
• General NSP Information from HUD
• FY 2012 Income Limits for HUD Area Median Income

NSP 1
Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) was allocated $19.6 million in Neighborhood Stabilization Program 1 (NSP 1) funding in March of 2009 by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
NSP 1 Federal Notice	NSP 1 Federal Notice
NSP 1 Application	NSP1 Application-Substantial Amendment Submitted to HUD 11/26/2008 Public Comment Article 11/12/08-11/26/08
Other Documents	NSP 1 Policies and Procedures Manual Federal Allocations of NSP 1 Funding NSP 1 Federal Register Notice
NSP 2
A second round of NSP funding was made available by HUD in May of 2009. DSHA agreed to be the lead applicant in developing a statewide application for NSP 2 funding. New Castle County, Kent County, Sussex County and the City of Wilmington all worked with DSHA to develop the application and DSHA was awarded $10,007,109 in NSP 2 funding.
NSP 2 Federal Notice	NSP 2 Federal Notice
NSP 2 Application	NSP_2 Application NSP_2 Forms and Certifications Public Comment Article 7/2/09-7/12/09
NSP 2 Amendments	Certain changes from the application as awarded required approval by HUD. The proposed changes outlined in amendments were prepared by DSHA staff in collaboration with our partners and will allow us to make our NSP2 more successful. The requested amendments are: To permit exchange of two census tracts in New Castle County to drop census tract 147.05 in the Newark DE area from our service area and include census tract 103 in the Claymont DE area; To permit exchange of two census tracts in Sussex County to drop census tract 512 in the Bethany Beach, DE area from our service area and to add census tract 510.01 in the Long Neck area; and To permit demolition and redevelopment activities in the City of Wilmington and New Castle County in addition to the already approved acquisition and rehabilitation activities. The period for receipt of public comment on the draft amendments to our NSP 2 was from 9/27/10-10/7/10. Amendment 4 Public Comment Period open September 27, 2011 through October 12, 2011 To add census tracts 507.02 and 501.02 to the NSP2 service area for Sussex County to provide more housing choices affordable to low- and moderate-income people.
Other Documents	Maps of NSP 2 Census Tracts (Maps of the census tracts being targeted for NSP2 funds): Delaware Census Tracts Census Tracts Wilmington HUD Mapping Tool-A tool that HUD provided to assist communities in targeting census tracts for the application NSP 2 Policies and Procedures Manual
NSP 3
DSHA was awarded $5,000,000 in NSP 3 funding in March of 2011. DSHA is proposing to use these funds to provide mortgage and down payment assistance to homebuyers purchasing foreclosed homes in targeted census tracts and to develop rental housing for people with incomes at 50% or less of median income who have a disability.
NSP 3 Federal Notice	NSP 3 Federal Notice
NSP 3 Application	NSP 3 Application-Action Plan Substantial Amendment to the Delaware FY2010 Annual Action Plan New Castle County Kent County Sussex County Public Comment Article 2/11/11-2/25/11 Comment Letter 1-from City of Wilmington Comment Letter 2-DSCLT DSHA Response to Comments
Other Documents	Map of Targeted Census Tracts Slide Presentation on proposed NSP_3 projects 01/2011
NSP 3 Request for Proposals — Rental Housing for Special Needs Persons	Public Notice RFP With Application Application Only, for Editing and Submission

NSP Forms:

• Acquisition Basics
• Acquisition Checklist
• Certification Regarding Debarment and Suspension Instructions
• Contractor Debarment Check
• Equal Opportunity Data Collection
• Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity Self Assessment
• Lender Certification Form
• NSP and Federal Labor Standards Compliance
• Property File Checklist
• Quarterly Report Form
• Request for Release of Funds and Certification
• Seller's Occupancy Certification
• Seller's Occupancy Certification Under the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act
• Voluntary Acquisition of Foreclosed Property (with Eminent Domain)
• Voluntary Acquisition of Foreclosed Property (without Eminent Domain)
• Drawdown Request Forms
• City of Dover: DSHA - 8 NSP Request for Drawdown Form for NSP 1
• City of Wilmington: DSHA - 8 NSP Request for Drawdown Form for NSP 1
• City of Wilmington: DSHA - 8 NSP Request for Drawdown Form for NSP 2
• Kent County: DSHA - 8 NSP Request for Drawdown Form for NSP 1
• Kent County: DSHA - 8 NSP Request for Drawdown Form for NSP 2
• New Castle County: DSHA - 8 NSP Request for Drawdown Form for NSP 1
• New Castle County: DSHA - 8 NSP Request for Drawdown Form for NSP 2
• Sussex County: DSHA - 8 NSP Request for Drawdown Form for NSP 1
• Sussex County: DSHA - 8 NSP Request for Drawdown Form for NSP 2

NSP Quarterly Reports
*NSP Quarterly Reports April 2009- March 2011 have some formatting problems; extraneous characters appeared in some of the narrative sections of the reports after they were entered into the HUD reporting system and printed. We are working to improve the readability of reports going forward, but are unable to modify past reports.
NSP 1	NSP 1 Quarterly Report, January 2009 - March 2009 NSP 1 Quarterly Report, April 2009 - June 2009 NSP 1 Quarterly Report, July 2009 - September 2009 NSP 1 Quarterly Report, October 2009 - December 2009 NSP 1 Quarterly Report, January 2010 - March 2010 NSP 1 Quarterly Report, April 2010 - June 2010 NSP 1 Quarterly Report, July 2010 - September 2010 NSP 1 Quarterly Report, October 2010 - December 2010 NSP 1 Quarterly Report, January 2011 - March 2011 NSP 1 Quarterly Report, April 2011 - June 2011 NSP 1 Quarterly Report, July 2011 - September 2011 NSP 1 Quarterly Report, October 2011 - December 2011
NSP 2	NSP 2 Quarterly Report, April 2010 - June 2010 NSP 2 Quarterly Report, July 2010 - September 2010 NSP 2 Quarterly Report, October 2010 - December 2010 NSP 2 Quarterly Report, January 2011 - March 2011 NSP 2 Quarterly Report, April 2011 - June 2011 NSP 2 Quarterly Report, July 2011 - September 2011 NSP 2 Quarterly Report, October 2011 - December 2011
NSP 3	NSP 3 Quarterly Report, April 2011 - June 2011 NSP 3 Quarterly Report, July 2011 - September 2011 NSP 3 Quarterly Report, October 2011 - December 2011