Tag: Affordable Housing
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Tinton Falls hires firm to assist with affordable housing responsibilities
TINTON FALLS – Municipal officials in Tinton Falls will retain the services of professionals who will assist them with affordable housing planning and administration. During a recent meeting, Borough Council members authorized the awarding of a contract to CME Associates, Howell, for professional affordable housing planning services. The firm’s services are in an amount not…
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$1.25 M awarded to develop affordable senior housing in Millstone Township
MILLSTONE – The administration of Gov. Phil Murphy has announced the award of $1.25 million to the nonprofit Affordable Housing Alliance Inc., which will build 10 affordable housing senior rental units in Millstone Township through the Affordable Housing Trust Fund (AHTF). The fund, which was restored as part of Murphy’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget, is…
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RPM Development approved for 116 affordable housing units on Henderson Road; total project could have 177 units
SOUTH BRUNSWICK – RPM Development Group has received approval to construct four buildings in a two-phase application that proposed market rate and affordable housing at 211 Henderson Road in South Brunswick. Planning Board meetings regarding the application were held on Nov. 4 and Nov. 18. RPM received preliminary major subdivision approval and preliminary site plan…
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Holmdel environmental commission reviews plan for apartment building
HOLMDEL – The members of the Holmdel Environmental Commission have reviewed a developer’s plan to construct an apartment building on Palmer Avenue and did not express significant concerns with the proposal. Commission members met via Zoom on the evening of Nov. 19 to consider an application for Barclay Square at Holmdel, which is planned to…
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Developer outlines plan for Bellemead tract in Freehold Township
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A development that would provide retail and residential space is being proposed on a 77-acre parcel in Freehold Township. Representatives of M&M Realty Partners appeared before the Township Committee on Nov. 17 to present their plan to develop the Bellemead tract that lies between Route 537 at Trotters Way and Route 9…
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Developer sues Freehold Township; seeks water, sewer service to Colts Neck site
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – A property owner in Colts Neck has taken legal action following a decision by municipal officials in Freehold Township to deny a request to provide public water and sewer service to the property. Freehold Township’s elected representatives have responded to the property owner’s complaint by initiating legal action against Colts Neck. A…
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Opinion: Hillsborough officials favor private interests of developers over citizens
Lately you can’t avoid noticing all the construction going on in Hillsborough. The Township Committee under Mayor Doug Tomson authorized private developers to build thousands of market priced apartments in two- and three-story complexes throughout town. The committee has stated this choice was necessary in order to persuade developers to also build, within the apartment…
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Phase III construction of Jacobs Landing Residential Community in Woodbridge begins, expected to complete in spring 2021
WOODBRIDGE — The area on Bunns Lane, soon to be Veterans Way, in Woodbridge has become an area where no one wanted to live to an area with a waiting list of people eager to move in. Township officials announced the start of Phase III construction at the Jacobs Landing Residential Community on Sept. 24…
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Opinion: Keep Your Mask On, This Proposal Has ‘Stink’ All Over It
Keep your mask on, this proposal has “stink” all over it. I’m referring to the proposed building of 70 housing units, 69 designated affordable housing, in the rear of the Lawrence Shopping Center. The housing units will be built on 4.1 acres. This type of dense public housing was proven to be a failure decades…
