ERIK GENGAErik Genga provides expert community development services for Delta’s clients. He has assisted municipalities and counties with federal and state grant programs, including all phases of grant activity from application completion and submission to funding and compliance management. He has worked on development and planning projects throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and Virginia.
Prior to joining Delta, Erik worked for Mullin & Lonergan Associates, Inc., a community development firm located in Pennsylvania. He primarily worked with counties and municipalities to obtain and manage federal grant programs through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), including the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program and the HOME Investment Partnership program. Erik prepared applications, consolidated plans, and annual plans; managed HUD’s Integrated Disbursement of Information System, and completed Environmental Review Records. He worked on applications for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program and several grant programs provided through the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Erik also performed research and wrote land use analyses and condition reports, certifying areas as blighted under HUD guidelines. He worked on comprehensive plans for counties and municipalities as well as fair housing studies in Delaware and Virginia. During his 10 years of community development work with Mullin & Lonergan Associates, Inc., he wrote and provided consultation on zoning ordinances and zoning issues for municipalities throughout Pennsylvania. Erik also conducted Section 8 housing inspections, and inspections and work write-ups for municipal CDBG housing rehabilitation programs.
Erik earned a Bachelor of Science degree in regional development from the University of Arizona, with a minor in architecture. He has also acquired his Lead Safe Work Practices certification.