St. Lucy’s Opens Supportive Housing in Jersey City as Redevelopment Looms
The first phase of an endeavor that will revitalize several Downtown Jersey City properties celebrated its opening.
City of Hoboken Launches Task Force to Address Homelessness
Hoboken is the first municipality to launch its own dedicated task force to address homelessness.
Resilient Hope: Newark Moves Forward on Housing Plan for Formerly Homeless Residents
Newark officials are backing a project to build housing and services for formerly homeless residents.
Newark Plans to Launch Homelessness Commission
The proposed task force in New Jersey’s largest city would be among the first of its kind in a state where homelessness remains a crisis.
Father Divine’s Onetime Newark Hotel to Become Homeless Shelter, Transitional Housing
A landmark Newark building with a storied history as a luxury hotel and later a missionary headquarters has finally won approval for redevelopment.
New 20-Room Emergency Shelter Proposed for Newark
The proposed 20-bedroom facility on University Avenue could be approved tonight.
Newark to Continue Using Hotel to House Homeless Population During Pandemic
The City of Newark is leasing 325 rooms at a Holiday Inn near the airport “in order to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the homeless, senior population and any other vulnerable population.”
After Homeless Shelter Plan Denied, Apartments Could Come to Newark Building
After plans to turn a building in Newark’s Ironbound neighborhood into a shelter for veterans experiencing homelessness were denied, a developer is seeking to bring nine apartments to the building.
Count Finds Over 3,000 People Experiencing Homelessness in Essex and Hudson Counties
The annual Point-in-Time Count aims to estimate the number of people experiencing homelessness in New Jersey and throughout the country. Now, the numbers from the 2020 count have been released, showing a general uptick in homelessness statewide.
Shelter for Veterans Experiencing Homelessness Could Open in Newark
A nonprofit organization is seeking to convert an office building in the Ironbound into this shelter.
