Habitat for Humanity shifts focus to outer boroughs

A renowned not-for-profit organization is expanding its output into New York City’s outer boroughs. Habitat for Humanity is constructing a total of 179 co-op units across Brooklyn and the Bronx, the Commercial Observer reported. The separate developments represent the largest influx for the New York chapter’s pipeline. In Brooklyn, Habitat is building Constellation, a community that spans eight sites in East New York, Ocean Hill, Brownsville, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Rugby Remsen Village, Brooklyn Paper reported. Originally envisioned for 77 units, the organization has since grown the project out to 108 units. Similarly, Claremont House in the Bronx jumped from a 40-unit […]

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