Chadwick Apartments in Garner receives HUD grant

Posted April 20, 2010 at 1:29 pm and filed under Community.

By Barry E. Moore
Executive Editor

Chadwick Apartments, located at 305 E. Garner Road, recently received a green grant from the federal government.

Chadwick Apartments resident manager Rita Divalerio

Chadwick Apartments resident manager Rita Divalerio asks a question during a presentation by an Ontra representative explaining HUD’s Green Retrofit Plan for the apartments. BARRY MOORE, GCNT

The Department of Housing and Urban Development awards money allocated from the stimulus bill to qualified property owners through its Green Retrofit Program. The program is designed to preserve affordable public housing by making energy-efficient improvements.

Chadwick was selected by HUD as a participating administrative entity to act on the behalf of HUD in developing a Green Retrofit Plan. The project manager is Don Dively, who is employed by Ontra Inc., one of only three companies nationwide developing these plans. On Tuesday, April 6, Wally Wellman, also with Ontra, gave a presentation explaining the program to the residents of Chadwick.

The program will provide $250 million for grants or loans to retrofit affordable housing projects. The purpose of the program is to reduce demand for energy and water, reduce operating and maintenance costs, improve residents’ quality of life and reduce their impact on the environment. The residents benefit directly from the program by replacing old and inefficient appliances with new, energy-efficient models. The upgrades will keep residents cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. Reducing dust, mold and pest without toxic pesticides is also part of the program’s objectives.

Chadwick owners and management applied for the grant at 12:01 a.m. the morning of the first day applications were being accepted. On its first day alone, the program received more than 450 applications. The $250 million allocated for the program has been designated to 250 properties in the U.S. The program allows up to $15,000 to be spent on each residential unit of each property.

The timeline for the project at Chadwick indicates that an inspection of the property will be done next, followed by a plan development, with implementation and completion of the plan slated for sometime in late 2010.

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