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Posted: Fri, Aug 3 2007, 1:38 pm EDT Post subject: Construction of affordable units to be done in March |
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Housing plan set for 2008; construction of affordable units to be done in March
Affordable housing units on Old Cranbury Road that were originally scheduled to be complete by December 2007 won't be done until March 2008, according to Cranbury Housing Association President Mark Berkowsky.
The 20 units on Old Cranbury Road are part of the third round of Cranbury's mandated affordable housing obligations, which requires the township to account for 160 new units. To help fulfill the requirement, the township is also planning to build between 20 and 40 units on a parcel along Route 130 South near Half Acre Road and one single-family house on Maplewood Avenue. In addition, the township is hoping to pay Perth Amboy $2.8 million through a regional contract agreement to build 80 units. In February, the township received a $29,700 Community Development Block Grant from Middlesex County to help offset that cost.
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