Saturday, May 12, 2012
Deputy Mayor Anthony Minniti said Lutheran Social Ministries' project is a great fit for the township.
Now that final site plans have been approved for Lutheran Social Ministries (LSM) to transform the old Cinnaminson Home, the township gets what it wanted in the first place—affordable housing obligations, the preservation of a historical structure and most important, a good neighbor. Two weeks ago, professionals associated with LSM, a nonprofit housing development organization, had its site plans finalized at the zoning board meeting to open 55 units of affordable senior housing on Riverton Road, where the former Cinnaminson Home now sits vacant. The road was long to not only choose a tenant, but to get the project moving despite some snags. The history In the mid-2000s, the group of Quaker women who ran the home closed it. Since they …
Friday, March 9, 2012
Court rules that the governor lacks authority to reorganize an independent agency, saying future of Council on Affordable Housing is up to state Legislature.
A state appeals panel has overturned Gov. Chris Christie's reorganization of New Jersey's affordable housing bureaucracy, saying the governor lacked authority to abolish an independent agency. Christie issued an executive order in June 2011 that eliminated the state Council on Affordable Housing and transferred its responsibilities to the state Department of Community Affairs. Christie says he will appeal the decision. "We are obviously disappointed with the court decision, which only perpetuates the nightmare New Jersey has endured for decades with the COAH bureaucracy," said Christie spokesman Michael Drewniak. In its ruling, written by Judge Philip S. Charchman, the appellate panel said that the state Reorganization Act "does not grant …
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
This meeting is part of the township's diversion request to take the home off the state's open space roster and give to Lutheran for senior housing.
The second and final public hearing regarding the township's application to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection to take about 2.5 acres of land off the state's open space list will be held tonight. The land in question is the more than two acres now occupied by the former Cinnaminson Home on the 1400 block of Riverton Road. The township had purchased the spot with about $400,000 of open space funds. Lutheran Social Ministries, an affordable housing provider in New Jersey, wants to transform the spot into 54 units of senior affordable housing—something it had been for decades before it closed in the 2000s. However, the land being on the open space list prevents that from happening outright. THe township applied for a …
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Affordable housing for seniors citizens is slated for the old Cinnaminson Home.
Even though the township has faced several setbacks regarding the old Cinnaminson Home on Riverton Road, Lutheran Social Ministries is going ahead with designs for a new housing complex for senior citizens there. “It’s strictly procedural,” said Committeeman Anthony Minniti, director of economic development, of the setbacks. “This is a state process we have to go through.” The process is through the Department of Environmental Protection. About five years ago, the township bought the home from a group who had been running it as affordable housing for senior citizens before closing it due to lack of residents. There were candidates who wanted to buy the spot and turn it into halfway homes. “We didn’t find those uses very positive for the …
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Monday, July 18, 2011
The next round of units are set to open at Camelot.
A second lottery process has been announced for new affordable-housing units opening up in Cinnaminson Harbour. In April, applications were accepted for 17 new units opening in the Harbour’s newest development—Camelot. In May, the lottery winners were chosen out of more than 400 applicants. This fall, 25 more units will be opening and the lottery is back on for those who missed the first round. All applicants who entered in April will be automatically considered for subsequent rounds; there is no need to fill out another application. “We want to try to get as many Cinnaminson applicants as possible,” said Committeeman Anthony Minniti, township director of economic development. Minniti said in April he hopes these units would go to the …
AnoninCinna
3:10 pm on Monday, May 14, 2012
So does that mean the owner of the property, in this case, LSM, would pay property taxes? I am confused... I guess my question is: Where is "income" for the Township coming from with this particular property? Christina, you mentioned a PILOT, that seems to be what Mr. Minniti was alluding to. One would think this would have been negotiated prior to the sale of the property to LSM. more ›