Organization History:
The trustees initially provided every imaginable service in support of our housing, from scrubbing the floors to doing the laundry. They remain the embodiment of our self-help philosophy, and are the reason for much of our success. We have grown from five residents to eighty-four, with two boarding houses, two "graduate" supportive housing complexes, as well as an apartment rent subsidy and case management program.
Though our Red Bank boarding home, The Coffey Residence, opened with a five bed availability, an expansion in 1993 allowed us to accommodate the twenty-one residents who now live there at below market rents. In 1992, a two-family home was purchased that houses five people who live independently with occasional aid of support staff. In 1998, we acquired The Laurel House, a boarding home in Asbury Park that accommodates twenty-eight people.
At the end of 2004, we took an important step toward bringing more people under our wing by initiating our new apartment program. Through a three-year renewable HUD grant, we are now able to provide rent subsidies and case management services to twenty homeless individuals with disabilities. By March 2005, this program was fully subscribed with twenty more people calling HABcore home. Our capacity increased to seventy-four.
In July 2005, we acquired a complex in Keansburg, NJ that has the potential to house nine more individuals in a supportive, independent setting, bringing capacity to eighty-three. As with the apartment program, case management services are provided to the tenants by the HABcore staff.
These recent developments are among our more important accomplishments, as we remain committed to expansion, whenever prudent, to help meet the dire need for affordable, supportive housing.