Council hears multiple 25–30 year tax-abatement ordinances for new and rehabilitated affordable housing

At the Dec. 16 pre-meeting the Newark Municipal Council was presented with several tax-abatement ordinances intended to support new or rehabbed affordable housing across multiple wards.

Clerk reading described ordinance D, a 30-year abatement for Crown Village Urban Renewal Inc. for two buildings totaling 185 rental units, including 108 senior units with 20 units restricted to tenants at 50% AMI in one building and 77 non-senior units (4 at 50% AMI; 73 at 60% AMI) in the second building. That ordinance was sponsored by Councilman Kelly and seconded by Councilwoman Scott Rountree.

Ordinance E was read for South Orange Avenue 1 Urban Renewal Inc., proposing 144 non-senior affordable units with 12 restricted to 50% AMI and 132 at 60% AMI in the West Ward. Ordinance F described a 25-year abatement for Casa Mia Apartments to rehabilitate a six-story, 100%-affordable senior living building in the North Ward. Ordinance G proposed a 25-year abatement for a five-story building on Broad with 60 units (48 market-rate, 12 affordable at a range of AMI restrictions) in the East Ward.

These ordinances were introduced and sponsors recorded; the pre-meeting transcript shows the items were presented for second reading and final passage, and several items were noted as deferred or scheduled for further action. No final roll-call tallies or adoption outcomes were recorded in the excerpt provided.

What’s next: Each ordinance will advance through the council’s formal hearing and vote process; the transcript records sponsors and seconds but does not include final passage in the pre-meeting excerpt.