Nominate a Building for Stabilization

Eligibility

To nominate a property for Prop NS stabilization, the nominator and the property must be eligible:

• Eligible nominators are city residents, neighborhood organizations, and owners of property within the City.
• Eligible buildings are Land Reutilization Authority (LRA) owned, vacant, residential, and six units or less. If an LRA owned property has a pending offer or option, it will be considered ineligible and will be reevaluated when the pending status expires.

Nomination Process

Prop NS staff inspects each eligible nomination and prepares a report and scorecard for the Stabilization Advisory Committee (SAC). The SAC then makes a recommendation to the LRA Board of Commissioners, and the Board votes to fund or withhold funding for each property. All nominations will receive a public response (and if approved, ongoing status updates) on our Prop NS Nominations page.

To nominate a property, please follow the guidelines below.

Ownership Status

Prop NS can only stabilize properties owned by the LRA. To find out if a vacant building is LRA owned, use the LRA Property Search page, the City's Address & Property Search page, or download the current LRA Available Properties list.

If the property is NOT in the LRA inventory, and you would like to report a bad condition to the City, please contact the Citizens' Service Bureau.

Prior Nominations

Before nominating a building, check our Prop NS Nominations page to see if the property has been nominated before. Multiple nominations will not increase the likelihood or expediency of building stabilization.

Please prepare the following information, then follow the link below to begin online.

• Property address as it is identified in the LRA Inventory Search.
• Brief description of the property condition.
• Contact information of the organization or individual submitting the nomination.
  • Personal information will not be disclosed publicly, and is only used by the program administrators to verify eligibility.
• Optional: letters of support for stabilization of the property to be nominated. Letters can be uploaded through the confirmation page, which is displayed immediately following the completion of the online nomination. Letters can be from neighbors, block units, neighborhood associations, other community-based organizations, the alderpersons, etc.

Begin online

Property Analysis and Selection

In collaboration with the City's Building Division, Cultural Resources Office, Planning and Urban Design Agency, and other agencies and community stakeholders, the Prop NS staff complete a simple, community-informed building rating form for each property. The criteria are weighted as follows:

• building condition (25% of the total score)
  • Stabilization work which can be completed within Prop NS's funding limits
  • The property's historical significance
• block conditions (50% of the total score)
  • Block density, number of occupied properties versus vacant, number of vacant lots
  • Flood risk
  • Additional city stabilization efforts
• neighborhood factors (25% of the total score)
  • Tax credit opportunities such as the Promise Zone and Opportunity Zones, and SLDC focus areas
  • neighborhood plans and active neighborhood associations
  • Proximity to public transit, parks and green spaces, and anchor institutions

Purchasing Prop NS-Stabilized Buildings

When buildings have been certified as completed (stabilized to the fullest amount possible within the Prop NS funding limits), the buildings will be listed as available for prospective purchasers to submit offers to purchase on our Purchasing Properties page. Because these buildings still need additional work to reach a condition that meets occupancy standards, the LRA Board reviews all offers to ensure that purchasers have the necessary resources and capacity to bring buildings up to code.