Community Development

The goal of the neighborhood services section of the Community Development Division is community involvement, beautification, safety, and community reinvestment. We work with residents and organizations to improve their neighborhoods through a number of programs and services, including:

• Online Forms
  
  
• CDBG 2009/2010 Action Plan (pdf)
  The CDBG 2009/2010 Annual Action Plan was approved at the City Commission on July 21, 2009.
  
  
• Florida Homebuyer Opportunity Program (pdf)
  The Florida Homebuyer Opportunity Program (FHOP) will be awarding approximately $100,107 to the City of Coral Springs to implement the 2009 Florida Homebuyer Opportunity Program to assist first-time homebuyers. It is a subordinate down payment assistance loan (administered by the Broward County), which can be repaid by the homebuyer’s income tax refund under the Federal First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit. The maximum award is up to $8,000 or 10% of the sale price, whichever is lower. Program funds will be awarded to qualified applications on a first come, first qualified basis. For more information, please download the flyer above or visit www.broward.org/housing
  
  
• NSP Quarterly Report July 2009 – September 2009 (pdf)
  City of Coral Springs’s NSP Quarterly Reports that describes NSP activities and funds.
  
  
• Public Notice (pdf)
  Request for public comments on the proposed amendment to the neighborhood stabilization program plan of the City of Coral Springs.
  
  
• NSP2 Application (pdf)
  The Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP)2 Application, approved at the City Commission on July 7, 2009, provides emergency assistance to states and certain local governments, to facilitate the acquisition and rehabilitation of foreclosed and abandoned properties that might otherwise become sources of abandonment and blight within the community. NSP is meant to stabilize neighborhoods and stem the decline of house values of neighboring homes. In 2008, Congress appropriated funds for NSP1 funds under HERA. In 2009, Congress appropriated additional neighborhood stabilization funds. The program is authorized under the America Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 Public Law 111-005) (Recovery Act) for additional activities under Division B, Title III of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008.

• NSP1 Program Appliction (pdf)
  For 2008-09, the City of Coral Springs has received $3,378,142 in emergency assistance through the CDBG Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) to facilitate the purchase and rehabilitation of foreclosed and abandoned properties that might otherwise become sources of abandonment and blight within the community to income eligible persons. NSP is meant to stabilize neighborhoods and stem the decline of house values of neighboring homes. The program is authorized under Title III of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act (HERA) of 2008.
  Download the SF-424
  
  
• CDBG-R 2009 Approved Application (pdf)
  To include $245,955 from the Community Development Block Grant-Recovery (CDBG-R) Program.
  
  
• The Neighborhood Partnership Program, which provides matching grants for community outreach and beautification;
  
  
• Home Repair Grants
  
  
• Slice of the Springs and other neighborhood meetings;
  Block Parties; and
  
  
• Traffic Calming efforts, including the “Drive Carefully, We Love Our Children” sign program, and the Speeding Awareness program “It’s Our Town, Slow it Down”
  
  
• Paint Color Approval
  
  
• Approved Roof Color
  
  
• Broward County Civil Rights Division - link to Broward County
  
  
• Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity - link to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  
  
• Local Tenant Rights, Laws, and Protections - link to U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
  
  
• Summary of Landlord/Tenant Law - link to Division of Consumer Services