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05.19.25

How Working Together Brought 263 Affordable Housing Units to Newark

Affordable housing comes with its fair share of red tape—and an alphabet soup of agencies and programs. But behind each acronym is a key player that drives housing projects forward.

Take the recent Newark Housing Authority (NHA) initiative, led by MS&B member Bakari G. Lee, which added 263 affordable housing units to the city. It’s a perfect example of how federal, state, and local agencies work in tandem. This project involved players from: