Town of Hamburg
Department of
Community Development

Christopher Hull; Director of Community Development addresses a group of community development and housing professionals at the Buffalo Office of the United States Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD).

The Department of Community Development is responsible for writing, securing and administering the federal "Community Development Block Grant" (CDBG) program and the federal "HOME Investment Partnership" (HOME) program for the Town of Hamburg and also for the Villages of Blasdell and Hamburg.

HOUSING PROGRAM INFORMATION!

Our most popular housing program applications are available in "PDF" form just below.  Click on the specific program link you are interested in and then print that program application from your printer.  Once you have printed and read through the specific program application you are interested in, start your progression through one of our popular housing programs.  Click on the appropriate application link below, follow the instructions and then gather the required income documentation needed for these HUD funded housing programs!  We look forward to hearing from you!  If you have any questions, you can contact our office at 6122 South Park Avenue by telephone at 648-6216.

First Time Homebuyer "Existing Home" Grant Application

First Time Homebuyer "New Construction" Grant Application

  Housing Rehabilitation Loan Program Application

  Mobile Home Rehabilitation Loan Program Application

All of our housing projects are available throughout the entire Town of Hamburg including the Villages of Hamburg and Blasdell.  If you do not know if the dwelling is in Hamburg, just check where the town taxes are paid.  If the town taxes are paid to Hamburg, the dwelling will be eligible for our funding.

Housing opportunites for all people!

Picture drawn by Sydney Cooke in 2008 (1st grader at Buffalo Public School #76)

The Town of Hamburg is proud to be one of only a few communities statewide that has its own "Fair Housing" Law!  For more information about our law and our other Housing Counseling and Fair Housing Counseling services, please click the link below where you will be forwarded to another of the Department of Community Development website that describes all of the services available to Town of Hamburg residents in that particular domain.

      Town of Hamburg Housing & Fair Housing Counseling webpage

  The Town of Hamburg is an
"Equal Housing Opportunity" provider!

The "NFTA" is proposing to get rid of the
#36 (Hamburg) Bus Route + many others!

The NFTA (Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority) is proposing to eliminate a large portion of its bus routes that serve towns and villages throughout western New York.  Please go to the NFTA's website and send an e-mail to them protesting the closure of these bus routes.  There are over ninety (90) bus routes being considered for elimination.  Use the following link to get to the NFTA web site so you can protest the closing of all of the routes!

NFTA Website Link

 Town of Hamburg
Applications and Reports
for public viewing.

2012 "Draft" Consolidated Action Plan

View the combined Town of Hamburg/Erie County
2012 "Draft" Action Plan at the link below:

"Draft" Hamburg/Erie County Action Plan:

Final CAPER (Consolidated Annual Performance Report) 2010:

Department of Community Development Brochures:

*  Community Development Department Main Brochure

*  Hometown Housing Programs Informational Brochure

*  Town of Hamburg Fair Housing Law/Brochure

*  2000 Census Data Map of Town

COMMUNITY PROJECTS:

Over the past twenty-five years, the Department of Community Development has created and administered many "community projects" that benefit the entire Town of Hamburg including the Villages of Blasdell and Hamburg.  Examples of these projects include the following projects for senior citizens:

The Town of Hamburg "Adult Day Services Program"
The Town of Hamburg "Senior Fitness Program" and "Therapeutic/Aerobic Exercise Pool".

The Town of Hamburg also creates and assists projects in both villages (Blasdell and Hamburg).  In Program Years 2006 - 2010 work within the Village of Hamburg included replacement of the old 4" waterlines with new 8" waterlines thus creating better water pressure and service within the Village of Hamburg.  

In the Village of Blasdell, replacement of old 4" waterlines and street reconstruction was completed on the following streets:  Orchard Avenue, Pearl Avenue, Silver Street, Frontier Drive and McGurk Avenue.  In the Village of Hamburg, street, sewer and water improvements were completed on Long Avenue, Center Street, Lake Avenue, Hillview Place and Woodview Avenue.

Other past projects completed within the Village of Hamburg include the design and construction of the "Wading Pool" at the Village of Hamburg Swim Park, sewer line replacement along Pine Street and East Main Street and the restroom facilities at Glen Meadows Park.

SENIOR TECHNOLOGY CENTER

Currently, the Senior Technology program is delayed due to the lack of a federal budget for 2012 and also due to the drastic cuts to the CDBG and HOME programs.  Our office remains hopeful that this program will receive enough funding to finish the facility and open the program.  The location of the Senior Technology Center will be in its own building located at the rear of the new "Elm Housing" senior apartments (4122 Sowels Road, Hamburg, New York 14075).

Town of Hamburg
Department of Community Development Staff:

• Director of Community Development:      Christopher Hull
• Community Development Assistant:         Timothy J. Regan
• Community Development Aide:                Jennifer K. Reinagel
• Town  Board  Liaison:                   Councilman  Joseph  A.  Collins

 Important links to other similar programs/websites:

www.hud.gov  (HUD)

www.state.ny.us  (New York State)

www.erie.gov  (Erie County)

www.belmonthousingwny.org (Belmont Housing Resources)

www.homeny.org  (Housing Opportunities Made Equal)

www.ecfhp.org  (Erie County Fair Housing Partnership)

www.homefrontbflo.org  (Homefront, Buffalo)

E-mail the Department of Community Development:
communitydev@townofhamburgny.com



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