1400 people on wait list for 52 units of affordable housing for UC/WNY

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HUDSON COUNTY — Officials held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday at Horizon Heights, a new 52-unit housing development for special needs and working families that is split in half by the Union City/West New York border at the corner of 49th Street and Broadway.

The $18.7 million development emerged from the collaboration of Regan Development along with the financial assistance of the N.J. Housing Mortgage Finance Agency, the N.J. Dept. of Community Affairs, and the Hudson County Division of Housing and Community Development.

In addition, both the towns of West New York and Union City passed tax agreements which allowed for more affordable rents, and worked together on the complicated logistics of running a building that lies in two municipalities.

Chosen residents moved in this past June after the towns received between 14,000-15,000 inquiries, according to Larry Regan, President of Regan Development. 1,400 remain on the wait list.

“Building affordable housing in Hudson County is not an easy task, but we have had a star-studded team make that happen,” Regan said.

Mayor Felix Roque welcomed the audience to West New York, and then, moving slightly to his right, he welcomed them to Union City.

In reference to the two towns’ heavy need for affordable housing, Roque said, “I know we have less to do more with than most, but we have to do more with less.”

For more on the new development, read this weekend’s edition of the Reporter. –Gennarose Pope

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