Senior units mulled for COAH plan

[Senior units mulled]

Cranbury faces Dec. 20 deadline for submitting proposal to state.

Incorporating a senior development into township plans for affordable housing could cause more problems than it will solve, according to Mark Berkowsky, Cranbury Housing Associates president.

The subcommittee on affordable housing discussed designating land near Four Seasons on Old Trenton Road as housing for senior citizens, instead of family units.

Currently plans call for that parcel to contain 20 single-family houses, which would count toward the township's affordable housing requirements.

Residents who attended the Township Committee meeting on Monday said they would rather see a senior development built there. They say senior units, without children, will put less of a burden on the Cranbury School.

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