200 new ‘deeply’ affordable homes to be constructed in Crown Heights
Residences to be developed for low-income and formerly homeless seniors
CROWN HEIGHTS – The Department of Housing and Development, the city Housing Development Corporation and NYCHA announced plans to develop 200 affordable homes for older residents – including 60 for formerly homeless households and 35 for NYCHA residents – in Crown Heights.
The project, named Weeksvillage, will be developed by CAMBA Housing Ventures (CHV) on underutilized NYCHA land on Kingsborough Extension within the Kingsborough Houses campus. In addition to affordable housing, the new development will bring a range of services for the community focused on improving health, fostering community, and supporting economic development.
“In the midst of a severe housing shortage, our administration understands we need to be creative to provide the housing New Yorkers desperately need — especially housing affordable for our lowest-income neighbors. The Weeksvillage project brings together underutilized NYCHA land with city financing to deliver exactly that housing need,” said New York City Mayor Eric Adams. “At the same time, we are building so much more than housing. These homes will support not only residents’ financial health, but also their public and mental health as well as environmental health — creating the kind of high-quality living environment all New Yorkers deserve.”