Tag: Affordable Housing
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Upper Freehold officials take action to settle affordable housing issue
UPPER FREEHOLD – To comply with a state mandate that requires them to provide opportunities for the development of affordable housing, officials in Upper Freehold Township have designated four zones where affordable housing would be permitted. Affordable housing is defined as housing that is sold or rented at below market prices to individuals and families…
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Hillsborough to hold first hearing on tax abatement for affordable housing developer
An ordinance to approve or deny a tax abatement for a developer is expected to come before the Hillsborough Township Committee for its first public hearing in August. The proposed tax abatement for a developer who seeks to construct affordable living units on Estelle Street and South 20th Street is scheduled to have its first…
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Proposed housing development to come before Bordentown Township planners
Preliminary and final site plans for a new housing development are expected to come before the Bordentown Township Planning Board at its next meeting. The proposed construction of homes on Route 130 between Crescent Drive and Highbridge Road is scheduled to have its first public hearing at the board’s Aug. 8 meeting at the municipal…
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North Brunswick celebrates quality of life at Crescent Apartments
NORTH BRUNSWICK – Just a few short years ago, residents of Oakleaf Village in North Brunswick were living amongst drug dealers, doing their laundry in six-inch deep standing water in the basement of their buildings, and residing in completely deplorable conditions. As of about a year ago, occupants of 183 apartments in 16 buildings of…
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Bordentown Township planners approve development along Route 206
More affordable housing units are planned to be built in Bordentown Township along Route 206. That was the result of the Bordentown Township Planning Board’s recent ruling. The board approved the construction of a residential development. The decision came from township officials when the planning board held a special meeting on May 30 where the…
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Hillsborough Planning Board approves apartments on Amwell Road
The Hillsborough Township Planning Board has approved additional housing units to be constructed on Amwell Road near the Nelson’s Corner Shopping Center. The decision came during a meeting on May 23 when board members approved a plan submitted by Amwell Terrace, LLC, to consolidate lots. Preliminary and final major site plan approval with bulk variances…
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Former Camp Kilmer site comes full circle with affordable housing for homeless veterans
EDISON – It has been more than a decade since Leslie Stivale’s initial call with the U.S. Army about the closing of the Camp Kilmer site in Edison. On May 15, Stivale, president and chief executive officer of Triple C Housing Inc., attended the groundbreaking of Phase 1 of the Truman Square redevelopment on the…
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Hazlet officials rezone Stone Road Meadows Farm for affordable housing
With no comment or opposition from residents, municipal officials in Hazlet have unanimously adopted an ordinance that rezones Stone Road Meadows Farm to create an affordable housing district. Municipal officials said rezoning the property would accommodate the development of affordable housing at that location. The 26-acre property is located on Route 36 in Hazlet. Affordable…
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Tinton Falls adopts affordable housing ordinance
TINTON FALLS – The Borough Council has adopted an ordinance that will implement Tinton Falls’ third round housing plan element and fair share plan and provide the borough with immunity from developers’ lawsuits through 2025. The ordinance relates to the development of affordable housing in the borough. Affordable housing is defined as housing that is…
