Editor, Asbury Park Sun, There has been a great deal of confusion lately about Boston Way and its lease-up process, which has been propagated both by articles concerning denials and advocates/activists within the community.  In each case, the parties have admitted that they do not completely understand the differences between the process of leasing apartments […]

Former Long Branch Housing Authority Interim Director Tom Sahlin has been named Executive Director of the Asbury Park Housing Authority. Sahlin, who stepped down from his former post over a month ago, oversaw the administration of Long Branch, Asbury Park, and Red Bank’s public housing for 10 months. He was unanimously voted into the post […]

The road to independence was unanimously approved Monday night by the Asbury Park Housing Authority [APHA] Board of Commissioners. On the very day its interlocal contract agreement with the Long Branch Housing Authority [LBHA] was due to expire, the Board voted to approve a 6 month extension, thereby allowing them time to hire an executive […]

Asbury Park Housing Authority was among the 25 public housing agencies to receive a portion of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development $5 million grants issued in 15 states. The awards are earmarked to address emergency, safety and security needs and to  fight crime at public housing properties. “Everyone should feel safe in […]

The City of Asbury Park Housing Authority on Tuesday announced the organization’s standing has raised. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD] now considers the agency to be “standard.” For the past several years, it has been listed as a substandard troubled organization by HUD, but has consistently improved in its grading since […]

The Asbury Park City Council voted Wednesday on an agreement to give $150,000 to the Asbury Park Housing Authority for a project that will upgrade video camera systems within housing authority properties in the city. The vote passed 4-1. Council members Myra Campbell, Sue Henderson, John Loffredo and John Moor voted yes. Council member Amy […]

The Asbury Park Housing Authority has entered into a new agreement for professional legal services. At a special meeting held Tuesday, the Board of Commissioners appointed Florio, Perrucci, Steinhardt and Fader as their new attorneys. It took the board two attempts and two closed executive sessions before a vote passed. The initial vote was 3-0 […]

Two positions on the Asbury Park Housing Authority, and an alternate position on the city’s zoning board, have opened up, and the city council is seeking applicants to fill them. The application for both positions is the same one that was created to establish the citizen advisory committees. Interested residents can pick up a copy […]

Mark Holmes, the former executive director of the Asbury Park Housing Authority, has been charged with theft in connection with his tenure at the agency, according to a news release from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office. Holmes — who was a former mayor and councilman in Lawrence Township — is accused of stealing more than […]

After several years of turmoil in the Asbury Park Housing Authority [APHA], the Long Branch Housing Authority [LBHA] has stepped in reduce the agency’s debt and make daily operations more efficient. The APHA manages 587 one-to-four-bedroom units in seven public housing complexes: Robinson Towers, Comstock, Lumley Homes, Boston Way, Washington Village, Lincoln Village and Asbury […]