NPP_Eligibility_2026

Eligible Neighborhood Preservation Program Census Tracts consist of Census Tracts that were eligible in the prior funding cycle (Legacy Tracts) as well as newly identified Census Tracts (New Tracts) in the 2021 funding cycle. New Tracts are located in municipalities where the following criteria are met: 1. Neighborhood decline requirement (threatened): The Census Tract is on a negative trajectory since 2010 through 2019 on an index of housing vacancies, home values, jobs, and poverty (75th Percentile on Index) OR Municipal COVID Economic Impact Score of 53.6 or higher - median for block groups (Score is an index of the post-COVID change in the unemployment rate and the business vacancy rate) AND The Census Tract has at least one block group with a Median Household Income less than State Median. 2. Viability requirement (viable): The Census Tract has at least one block group with a Median Home Value at least 50% of County Median. 3. Mixed-use requirement: The Census Tract has a Job to population ratio above the state median AND The Census Tract Has at least one block group with a mixed block share that is over twice the state median. A mixed block is a block with at least one commercial parcel and one residential or apartment parcel. 4. Walkability requirement: The Census Tract has at least one block group with a Walkability Score above the state average (Score consists of median block size, % walking to work, and population density). Legacy Tracts that established eligibility in the prior funding cycle were defined using the following criteria: (1) Municipalities must rank between the 64th and 98th percentiles on the Municipal Revitalization Index. (2) Municipalities must have at least one neighborhood (census tract) meeting the following criteria: (a) On a negative trajectory since 2010 through 2016 on an index of housing vacancies, home values, jobs, and poverty. (b) Below the state median income level. (c) Home values at least 60% of the county median. (d) Job to population ratio above the state median. (3) Municipalities must have sufficient mixed-use blocks (defined as any block with at least one residential lot and one commercial block) as measured by: State of New Jersey: Neighborhood Preservation Program Guidelines. (a) Municipality has more mixed use blocks than the State median number (33) or; (b) Municipality has at least two times the State median for mixed use blocks as a percentage of all blocks (35.4%). (4) Municipalities must have at least one “walkable” neighborhood as measured by: (a) Median block size of no more than 25% greater than the State median; (b) The percentage of employed people walking to work is more than two times the State median; (c) The jobs to population ratio is more than two times the State median or the ratio of jobs to square mile is more than 150% of the State median; (d) The population density is no less than 25% of the State median.符合资格的社区保护计划普查区域（Census Tract）包含两类：上一轮资金周期内已具备资格的普查区域（即遗留区域，Legacy Tracts），以及2021年资金周期中新识别出的普查区域（即新增区域，New Tracts）。新增区域需位于满足以下全部条件的市级行政区内： 1. 社区衰退要求（受威胁类）：该普查区域在2010至2019年间，在住房空置率、房屋价值、就业岗位与贫困状况构成的综合指数上呈负向发展轨迹（综合指数位列第75百分位），或 市级新冠疫情经济影响评分不低于53.6（该评分为街区组的中位数评分，综合考量了疫情后失业率与商业空置率的变化情况），且该普查区域至少包含一个街区组，其家庭收入中位数低于所在州的家庭收入中位数。 2. 可行性要求（可存续类）：该普查区域至少包含一个街区组，其房屋价值中位数不低于所在县房屋价值中位数的50%。 3. 混合用途要求：该普查区域的就业岗位与人口比高于所在州的中位数水平，且至少包含一个街区组，其混合街区占比超过所在州中位数的两倍。其中，混合街区指同时包含至少一处商业地块与一处住宅或公寓地块的街区。 4. 步行友好性要求：该普查区域至少包含一个街区组，其步行友好评分高于所在州的平均水平。该评分综合考量了街区中位面积、步行通勤人群占比与人口密度。 上一轮资金周期中已获得资格的遗留区域需满足以下判定标准： 1. 所在市级行政区在市级复兴指数上的排名需处于第64至第98百分位之间。 2. 该市级行政区至少拥有一个符合以下全部标准的社区（普查区域）： (a) 2010至2016年间，在住房空置率、房屋价值、就业岗位与贫困状况构成的综合指数上呈负向发展轨迹； (b) 家庭收入中位数低于所在州的中位数水平； (c) 房屋价值不低于所在县房屋价值中位数的60%； (d) 就业岗位与人口比高于所在州的中位数水平。 3. 该市级行政区需拥有足够的混合用途街区（定义为同时包含至少一处住宅地块与一处商业地块的街区），衡量标准需符合《新泽西州：社区保护计划指南》： (a) 该市级行政区的混合用途街区数量高于州中位数水平（33个）；或 (b) 该市级行政区的混合用途街区占所有街区的比例至少达到州中位数水平（35.4%）的两倍。 4. 该市级行政区至少拥有一个“步行友好”社区，衡量标准如下： (a) 街区中位面积不超过州中位数水平的125%； (b) 步行通勤的就业人群占比超过州中位数水平的两倍； (c) 就业岗位与人口比超过州中位数水平的两倍，或每平方英里的就业岗位数超过州中位数水平的150%； (d) 人口密度不低于州中位数水平的25%。