Source: United States Senator for New Jersey Bob Menendez
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 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,” said Sen. Menendez. “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,” said Sen. Booker. “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
o $4,786,818 Housing Authority and Urban Redevelopment Age
· Bergen County
o $552,754 Housing Authority of the Borough of Lodi
o $1,305,556 Garfield Housing Authority
· Burlington County
o $178,736 Beverly Housing Authority
o $233,434 Burlington Housing Authority
o $138,435 Florence Housing Authority
· Camden County
o $3,415,365 Housing Authority of the City of Camden
o $204,725 Haddon Housing Authority
o $116,962 Borough of Clementon Housing Authority
o $190,528 Collingswood Housing Authority
· Cape May County
o $150,347 Ocean City Housing Authority
o $209,226 Cape May Housing Authority
o $451,995 Wildwood Housing Authority
· Cumberland County
o $1,237,208 Bridgeton Housing Authority
o $1,135,232 Millville Housing Authority
o $601,707 Vineland Housing Authority
· Essex County
o $23,161,630 Newark Housing Authority
o $1,714,157 Irvington Housing Authority
o $214,225 East Orange Housing Authority
o $765,664 Housing Authority of the City of Orange
· Gloucester County
o $714,395 Gloucester County Housing Authority
· Hudson County
o $2,898,573 North Bergen Housing Authority
o $7,589,218 Housing Authority City of Jersey City
o $4,269,583 Hoboken Housing Authority
o $1,020,767 Harrison Housing Authority
o $1,510,706 Union City Housing Authority
o $800,511 Guttenberg Housing Authority
o $4,315,752 Bayonne Housing Authority
· Mercer County
o $5,309,208 Trenton Housing Authority
o $250,552 Hightstown Housing Authority
· Middlesex County
o $1,036,482 New Brunswick Housing Authority
o $373,996 South Amboy Housing Authority
o $428,436 Edison Housing Authority
o $254,826 Carteret Housing Authority
· Monmouth County
o $1,920,095 Asbury Park Housing Authority
o $1,202,503 Long Branch Housing Authority
o $189,218 Housing Authority of the Borough of Red Bank
o $972,807 Neptune Housing Authority
o $99,927 Belmar Housing Authority
o $187,391 Freehold Housing Authority
· Morris County
o $985,894 Morristown Housing Authority
o $704,354 Morris County Housing Authority
o $120,138 Dover Housing Authority
· Passaic County
o $1,478,207 Housing Authority of the City of Passaic
o $4,146,657 Paterson Housing Authority
· Union County
o $4,437,384 Elizabeth Housing Authority
o $791,754 Rahway Housing Authority
o $1,093,997 Plainfield Housing Authority
o $440,256 Housing Authority City of Linden
· Salem County
o $724,708 Salem Housing Authority
o $399,818 Penns Grove Housing Authority
· Somerset County
o $136,649 Franklin Township Housing Authority
· Sussex County
o $137,498 Newton Housing Authority
· Warren County
o $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.
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