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Tara Pisaturo-Pelatowski, MPA
East Haven Community Development Coordinator

Office Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30a.m. – 4:30p.m.
Phone: 203–468–3286 Fax: 203–468–3372

Urban Renewal News & Programs page.

Urban Renewal Commission meets the fourth Tuesday of every month
at 7:30 p.m. in the Mario Giaimo Conference Room, Lower Level, Town Hall.
If you would like to work with the Town of East Haven on a community project or idea, please contact the Community Development Coordinator.

Small Cities Community Development Block Grant

The Town has selected, through public RFP, the Firm L. Wagner & Associates, Inc. to provide technical services for project implementation. The Town is responsible for all financial recordkeeping and funds disbursement. The Town’s Community Development Coordinator, Tara Pisaturo-Pelatowski, works collaboratively on Housing Rehabilitation, funded by the Small Cities Block Grant, projects with the Wagner firm. The Community Development Coordinator also works collaboratively with the Mayor’s Office and the Urban Renewal Commission on various community and economic development projects and events.

Funding for Housing Rehabilitation

The Town of East Haven participates in a competitive application process annually for Community Development Block Grant for Small Cities (e.g. with a population under 50,000). The Town uses CDBG funds to implement community and economic development projects. The Town’s primary focus has been on housing rehabilitation. Connecticut’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program, also known as the Small Cities Program, provides funding and technical support for projects that achieve local community and economic development objectives. The Small Cities Program principally benefits low and moderate-income persons. This program is only available to Connecticut towns and cities with populations of less than 50,000. Funding for the Connecticut CDBG program is provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under the guidelines of Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended. The primary focus of the CDBG program is to benefit low and moderate-income persons. Since the state took over the administration of the CDBG program in 1982, over $298,000,000 has been invested in Connecticut communities. For more information about CBDG please go to the State of Connecticut’s Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD).

Wanted Contractor’s to Participate in the Housing Rehabilitation Program.

If you are a contractor that would like to participate in the Town of East Haven's Housing Rehabilitation Program you must do the following:

  1. 1. Must have a home improvement lisence from the State of Connecticut.
  2. 2. Must have full liability and workers’ compensation licenses.
  3. 3. Any projects on homes built prior to 1978 will be teasted lead. In order for the contractor to work on the home, the contractor has to have a minimum of a Lead Safe Certification. All employee’s that touch a painted service must also have a lead safe certification.
  4. 4. All proper building permits must be pulled.

Please review the rules for contractors regarding the Renovate, Repair & Painting Rules posted 2/28/10.

For more information about the housing rehabilitation process, please contact the Town’s Construction Manager , Michael Harris at 203–573–1188 or East Haven’s Community Development Coordinator, Tara Pisaturo–Pelatowski at 203–468–3286.

Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program

In September 2007, the Agency re–applied to the State of Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development Small Cities Block Grant program. The Agency requested $300,000 to continue its very successful Town Wide Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program. In January 2008, the Agency was please to report receiving full funding from the DECD to continue this necessary and successful program.
• Eligibility Criteria for Housing Rehabilitation Memo July 6, 2009.
• For more information view the updated Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program pamphlet for 11/08 and application form pdf files. View recent DECD loan allocations.

Town of East Haven Fair Housing Declaration

The Town of East Haven maintains that each grantee of Small Cities Community Development Block Grant funds complies with the fair housing/civil rights laws and requirements contained in the contract for financial assistance and local assurances. We certify that our projects will be designed and administered in a non-discriminatory manner. Each project complies with procurement projects of HUD/DECD and eligibility requirements of 24 CFR 570.202.

LINKS to RESOURCES
Urban Renewal News & Programs page.
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East Haven’s Fair Housing Policy, Affirmative Action Policy and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

For more information on rules, laws and regulations regarding fair housing you may visit: Connecticut Fair Housing Center or Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.

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