HUD AWARDS TRENTON, JERSEY CITY HOUSING AUTHORITIES $31.7 MILLION TO REVITALIZE PUBLIC HOUSING, TRANSFORM SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD

TRENTON – June 2, 2010 – (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan joined elected officials in Trenton and Jersey City, N.J. today to announce that both cities’ public housing authorities will receive a HUD HOPE VI Revitalization grant to transform distressed public housing developments into mixed-income communities. The Housing Authority of the City of Trenton will receive $22 million to revitalize Miller Homes and the Housing Authority of the City of Jersey City will receive $9.7 million to revitalize the A. Harry Moore public housing development. Each applicant developed highly successful revitalization plans, including effectively incorporating early childhood education programs – a priority for the Obama Administration.