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The state Department of Community Affairs will announce a program later today designed to create affordable, supportive housing for 600 people with developmental disabilities by June 2013.
The plan follows a report in The Star-Ledger that detailed the dwindling Special Needs Housing Trust Fund, which was created in 2005 to provide supportive housing for those with mental and physical disabilities.
The trust fund, signed by former Gov. Richard Codey, was given $200 million to create 10,000 new housing units. In six years, $168 million was spent, but only 1,500 units were created.
The DCA's plan will provide 100 new units by the end of this year, 200 in 2012 and an additional 300 in 2013.
Previous coverage:
• 'Priority' waiting list to provide housing for thousands with developmental disabilities
• N.J. to propose $10K annual stipend for families taking care of developmentally disabled adults
• N.J. advocates urge Senate budget committee to allocate more funds for residents with disabilities
• Head of N.J. Division of Developmental Disabilities abruptly resigns
