Donnelly Homes
A $15.6 million federal grant launched the rebuilding of Donnelly Homes, and the state approved financing in 2026 for the first 108 senior apartments of a plan for hundreds more homes.
Housing and neighborhoods
Housing & Neighborhoods.
From demolishing blight to building affordable homes, Mayor Reed is putting neighborhoods back to use and creating places where families can put down roots.
Accomplishments
What Mayor Reed delivered.
THA Senior
A partnership Mayor Reed built between the city and the Trenton Housing Authority is bringing 107 new affordable senior apartments to the former Junior One Middle School site.
More than 1,000 homes occupied again
More than 1,000 previously vacant or abandoned homes are now occupied.
New apartments opened
Jennings Village (71 apartments), Clinton Lofts (30), and Patriot Village II (11 homes) opened for residents.
Blight demolished
More than 300 blighted properties have been demolished, clearing sites for new housing, and a $7.5 million state grant is paying for more.
Vacant properties back to use
Trenton has approved more than 150 transfers of vacant, city-owned properties to local developers and first-time buyers.
A transit village
The city approved its first transit village, near the Trenton Transit Center.
City auctions
A record $3.3 million auction in 2019 and the city's first online auction in 2020 returned dozens of buildings to owners and the tax rolls.
Support for homeowners
Grants of up to $5,000 for urgent repairs and $1,000 toward replacing a lead service line.
Community gardens
A community gardens ordinance lets residents turn vacant lots into gardens and community spaces.
Rent stabilization
The Rent Stabilization Board was revived to protect tenants and keep housing affordable.