Menendez, Booker announce $93.8M in public housing funding for 54 New Jersey towns

NEW JERSEY – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) announced a combined $93,830,496 from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to modernize public housing properties and for management improvements across the state of New Jersey.

“The funds I helped secure in the FY23 federal funding bill will provide safe housing for millions of New Jerseyans across the state,” Menendez said. “From investments to make large-scale repairs, energy efficiency upgrades, and modernize public housing properties in New Jersey, these funds will play a critical role in improving the lives of millions of New Jerseyans at a time when housing costs are soaring.”

“All New Jersey families deserve a decent, affordable place to live,” Booker said. “These grants are crucial for New Jersey’s public housing authorities to serve the people who rely on them for safe and stable housing.”

This federal funding has been awarded to over 50 of the following PHAs divided by their prospective counties:

Atlantic County

• $4,786,818          Housing Authority and Urban Redevelopment Age

Bergen County

• $552,754             Housing Authority of the Borough of Lodi
• $1,305,556          Garfield Housing Authority

Burlington County

• $178,736             Beverly Housing Authority
• $233,434             Burlington Housing Authority
• $138,435             Florence Housing Authority

Camden County

• $3,415,365          Housing Authority of the City of Camden
• $204,725             Haddon Housing Authority
• $116,962             Borough of Clementon Housing Authority
• $190,528             Collingswood Housing Authority

Cape May County

• $150,347             Ocean City Housing Authority
• $209,226             Cape May Housing Authority
• $451,995             Wildwood Housing Authority

Cumberland County

• $1,237,208          Bridgeton Housing Authority
• $1,135,232          Millville Housing Authority
• $601,707             Vineland Housing Authority

Essex County

• $23,161,630        Newark Housing Authority
• $1,714,157          Irvington Housing Authority
• $214,225             East Orange Housing Authority
• $765,664             Housing Authority of the City of Orange

Gloucester County

• $714,395             Gloucester County Housing Authority

Hudson County

• $2,898,573          North Bergen Housing Authority
• $7,589,218          Housing Authority City of Jersey City
• $4,269,583          Hoboken Housing Authority
• $1,020,767          Harrison Housing Authority
• $1,510,706          Union City Housing Authority
• $800,511             Guttenberg Housing Authority
• $4,315,752          Bayonne Housing Authority

Mercer County

• $5,309,208          Trenton Housing Authority
• $250,552             Hightstown Housing Authority

Middlesex County

• $1,036,482          New Brunswick Housing Authority
• $373,996             South Amboy Housing Authority
• $428,436             Edison Housing Authority
• $254,826             Carteret Housing Authority

Monmouth County

• $1,920,095          Asbury Park Housing Authority
• $1,202,503          Long Branch Housing Authority
• $189,218             Housing Authority of the Borough of Red Bank
• $972,807             Neptune Housing Authority
• $99,927                Belmar Housing Authority
• $187,391             Freehold Housing Authority

Morris County

• $985,894             Morristown Housing Authority
• $704,354             Morris County Housing Authority
• $120,138             Dover Housing Authority

Passaic County

• $1,478,207          Housing Authority of the City of Passaic
• $4,146,657          Paterson Housing Authority

Union County

• $4,437,384          Elizabeth Housing Authority
• $791,754             Rahway Housing Authority
• $1,093,997          Plainfield Housing Authority
• $440,256             Housing Authority City of Linden

Salem County

• $724,708             Salem Housing Authority
• $399,818             Penns Grove Housing Authority

Somerset County

• $136,649             Franklin Township Housing Authority

Sussex County

• $137,498             Newton Housing Authority

Warren County

• $2,123,532          Phillipsburg Housing Authority

The grants were announced as part of $3.16 billion in funding from HUD to nearly 2,770 public housing authorities (PHAs) in all 50 states, as well as the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to make capital investments to their public housing stock.

“As I have traveled the country, I’ve heard time and again from families and seniors in public housing that a decent home in a safe community shouldn’t be too much to ask for,” said HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge. “With this investment today, we are committing to work with our public housing authority partners to guarantee homes in public housing are worthy of the families and individuals who live there.”

Last September, both Senators announced $8.3 million in federal funding for over 75 NJ PHAs from HUD to provide them with resources to enable more families to obtain stable housing with the Housing Choice Voucher program.