The launch of the new Boston Way’s construction and a unanimous decision to reject funding to support refurbishment at its three senior buildings has cemented the Asbury Park Housing Authority’s goal of becoming self sufficient. On Feb. 22, Interim Executive Director Thomas Sahlin and Board Chairman Gregory Hopson Sr. attended the Boston Way closing at […]

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 demolition of Boston Way is now underway.   The $28 million project marks more than the redevelopment of a long vacant Asbury Park Housing Authority [APHA] complex, but also the start of revitalization in the southwest neighborhood and control of its destiny moving forward, officials said. The redevelopment features 21 one-bedroom, 62 two-bedroom, and 21 […]

Former Housing Authority and municipal court employee Rosalie Skinner is known around as ‘Judge Judy,’ due in part for 93-year-old’s life long tenacity for protecting her Asbury Park neighborhood. The 93-year-old was the first to speak up during this week’s Asbury Park West Side Choice Neighborhoods Transformation Plan meeting. “That building didn’t used to be […]

With this summer’s over $20 million Community Development Block Grant funding moving housing development forward, the city’s revitalization shifts to its west side neighborhoods. The funding supports the Renaissance Village development of 64 residential units on the vacant lots between Memorial Drive and Atkins Avenue as well as the Asbury Park Housing Authority’s Boston Way […]