Menendez, Booker deliver $2M to support New Jersey’s low-income senior housing services
Funds awarded through FY 2023 Service Coordinator in Multifamily Housing and Congregate Housing Services programs
NEW JERSEY – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both-D-N.J.) announced Thursday a total of $2,017,856 to provide service coordination and supportive services to low-income seniors at HUD-assisted multifamily housing properties.
Under FY 2023 Service Coordinator in Multifamily Housing and Congregate Housing Services programs, these funds promote health and wellness to support residents as they age in place in an independent housing setting.
“The COVID-19 pandemic exposed just how critical supportive services are for our seniors. These federal funds will help New Jersey’s HUD-assisted properties provide health, wellness, transportation, and other supportive services so seniors can age in place and enjoy healthier, more fulfilling lives,” Menendez said.
“Every American deserves safety and support as they age,” Booker said. “This federal investment will help provide supportive services to low-income seniors living in public housing throughout our state to ensure their health and well-being.”
The following grantees/owners of HUD-assisted multifamily housing properties received funding:
| Kinder Towers | $45,909.00 |
| Eleanor Levovitz Senior Citizens | $49,252.00 |
| Alexian Manor | $56,387.00 |
| Lindenwold Towers | $61,174.00 |
| Atlantic City Townhouses | $68,928.00 |
| Harborview Apartments | $68,561.00 |
| Pennsville Towers | $35,069.00 |
| Woodmere | $76,263.00 |
| Luther Acres | $70,646.00 |
| NCSC/UAW Senior Citizens | $46,145.00 |
| New Community Roseville | $23,483.00 |
| New Community Manor | $54,810.00 |
| New Community Gardens | $78,435.00 |
| New Community Douglas Homes | $44,669.00 |
| Cathedral Square Housing | $58,862.00 |
| New Community Commons | $78,887.00 |
| New Community Senior Citizens, NCC Associates | $79,653.00 |
| South Village II | $100,067.00 |
| South Village I | $99,832.00 |
| South Brunswick Community Development Corp. | $56,283.00 |
| Community Haven Senior Citizens | $35,942.00 |
| Irvington Senior Apartments | $113,039.00 |
| Trent East Senior Apartments Urban Renewal Limited Partnership | $146,628.00 |
| Trent West Senior Apartments Urban Renewal Limited Partnership | $153,575.00 |
| Senior Housing of Hazel Street | $51,965.00 |
| Little Egg Harbor Development | $42,979.00 |
| National Church Residences of South River | $15,777.00 |
| National Church Residences of East Brunswick | $25,114.00 |
| National Church Residences of Lopatcong Township | $4,816.00 |
| Housing Authority of Plainfield | $35,454.00 |
| Oceanport Urban Renewal Preservation | $24,620.00 |
| WTJC, LLC | $27,533.00 |
| Mulhenberg Gardens Urban Renewal, LLC | $87,099.00 |
Sen. Menendez has long been a leader in the fight to build more affordable housing. In March, the Senator joined a group of 17 Senate Committee Chairs and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) in sending a letter to President Biden urging the federal government to utilize a “whole-of-government” approach to address the nation’s housing crisis.
In May, Sens. Menendez and Booker announced a total $12,237,784 for the state of New Jersey from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) through the nation’s Housing Trust Fund (HTF), an affordable housing production program that complements existing federal, state, and local efforts to increase and preserve the supply of high-quality, safe affordable housing for low-income households, including families experiencing homelessness.
In January 2022, Sen. Menendez announced $1,429,328 million in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Housing Counseling Program to seven local agencies throughout New Jersey to provide funds to HUD approved housing counseling agencies to advise people on buying or renting a home, defaults, foreclosure, and other financial challenges. In August 2021, he introduced the Livable Communities Act that encourages local communities to partner strategically to develop bold, innovative solutions that reflect their unique character, while leveraging existing assets, including access to transit to help revitalize neighborhoods, spur economic development, create jobs, and address their affordable housing needs.
That same month, the Senator also introduced the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act of 2021, which supports locally driven strategies to revitalize underserved neighborhoods by making permanent the highly competitive Choice Neighborhoods grant program at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
In 2021, the Senator also secured $100 million to expand access to housing counseling and assistance services for millions of renters and homeowners struggling to remain in their homes amid the economic crisis created by the pandemic.
