Affordable Housing

The vertical expansion of a century-old industrial building is underway as it is being repurposed into 68 condominiums and ground floor retail space.

HUD awarded more than $85 million to the Garden State for public housing improvements and more than $19 million will be distributed in Hudson County with Jersey City and Hoboken receiving the largest sums.

The project, referred to in county documents as the "Palmont at Florham Park," would bring 126 units to a 5.3-acre site in Florham Park.

Ascension Capital Partners Siree Morris and Ryan Curran broke ground on two affordable three-family homes last week.

Last week, a ribbon-cutting was held in Newark to celebrate the completion of a large-scale affordable housing rehabilitation project.

Last year, Jersey Digs reported that a residential development could be coming to the site of the Academy360 Lower School on the border of Verona and Montclair. Now, plans for a 200-unit project at the site could advance.

Developers in Irvington plan to convert a long-vacant parcel of land into a 56-unit affordable housing building.

Jersey Digs has learned new information about a plan to renovate and vertically expand a Downtown Newark building.

Yet another development could be built near the Liberty State Park light rail station in Jersey City. The planning board is scheduled to hear the proposal today, Tuesday, November 12, at 5:30 p.m.

The proposed 20-bedroom facility on University Avenue could be approved tonight.