NCLB PROGRAMS
NCLB offers several opportunities to
access property from our inventory
house to home
115 Lander St sold to a local first time homebuyer in April 2023
Through the House to Home program, NCLB helps City of Newburgh residents become first-time homebuyers by making fully renovated residences available for owner-occupancy. Preference is given to prospective buyers with a family household income at or under 80% of the Area Median Income (AMI)* - and first time homebuyers. Our partner PathStone assists in evaluating applicants and provides home buyer education and counseling, as well as referrals to lenders who offer low interest loans and down payment and closing cost assistance programs.
Under this program, we have sold the following properties:
53 Farrington, 55 Farrington, 45 Lander, 45A Lander, 27 Johnston, 43 Johnston and 115 Lander, 150 Lander
We started renovation on 4 more 2 -3 family homes on Lander and S. Miller in July 2023. If you are interested in receiving notifications about open houses and the availability of applications, sign up for our email list, call us at 845-565-5360 or email us at info@newburghcommunitylandbank.org.
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partnership with
habitat for humanity
William Street homes renovated by Habitat
Building on the success of prior projects with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh, we look forward to continuing to work together to create high quality, affordable home ownership opportunities in the coming years. To date, we have partnered on 22 properties on William St, South Miller, N. Miller, Johnston St. To learn more about our work together on South Miller Street, click on the link below:
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EAST END APARTMENTS
With this project, NCLB leveraged over $47 Million in investment and generated 106 units of affordable rental units through our partnership with RUPCO. Known as East End I, NCLB initially partnered with RUPCO and Safe Harbors of the Hudson to transform fifteen properties, (10% of the vacant properties in our target neighborhood) into 45 units of affordable housing in Newburgh. Completed in 2018, these properties were exceptionally difficult to renovate—they are primarily attached, pre-1900, masonry structures, most of which have been vacant for decades. Newburgh Community Land Bank (NCLB) acquired the properties from the City of Newburgh, removed environmental hazards and stabilized the structures. RUPCO, a regional non-profit developer purchased the properties, assembled an expert development team, and secured Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), Historic Tax Credits (HTC) and other sources to fully rehabilitate the properties to the exacting standards of the Department of the Interior and the stringent standards for NYS Housing and Community Renewal for affordable housing. The project is managed locally by Safe Harbors of the Hudson, a non-profit housing and arts organization, all in support of the concentrated coordination efforts of NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo’s CORe program (Community, Opportunity, Reinvestment Initiative).
In 2023, RUPCO completed the 2nd phase of properties we transferred to them as part of East End II, which includes new construction on vacant lots as well as the rehabilitation of long vacant historic homes. The project provides a total of 61 affordable housing units, all with varying levels of affordability and income restrictions, as well as large community center in the former United Methodist Church that has an 800 person former sanctuary/event space.
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CREATIVE INITIATIVES
ARTIST IN VACANCY
NCLB’s Artist in Vacancy makes use of the properties in our core neighborhood as sites to create work that engages the community and promotes arts & cultural production in the City of Newburgh. This program is pivotal to NCLB’s effort to launch creative initiatives as an integral part of our approach to Newburgh’s economic and community development.
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DOWNING PARK URBAN FARM
The City of Newburgh, the Newburgh Community Land Bank (NCLB), and the Downing Park Planning Committee, with the support of Community Development Block Grant funding, embarked on this project to restore activity and programming at the former greenhouses at Downing Park. The Downing Park Urban Farm is a place for the residents of Newburgh to learn more about urban farming and provide a pathway to self-sufficient methods of food production and sustainability within the city.