Category: New Development

Firefighters respond to an apartment fire in New Brunswick as students are displaced from nearby housing

New Brunswick Apartment Fire Displaces 35 Rutgers Students, Injures Three Firefighters, and Leaves Campus Housing Damage as Red Cross Pledges Aid

 Joshua Adkins  September 10, 2026

Rutgers said students in one building and a neighboring complex were affected after a blaze on Louis Street spread water damage and forced emergency housing help.

New Camellia Court Apartments in Pharr with 80 units and a pool

Pharr Housing Authority Opens 80-Unit Camellia Court Apartments as About 800 People Wait for Government-Assisted Housing in South Texas

 Joshua Adkins  September 8, 2026

The new complex is expected to add relief to a long public housing waitlist, with move-ins possible by October after final inspections.

Empty apartment building balconies in a city with affordable housing vacancies

In Austin, Texas, Hundreds of Extremely Low-Income Renters Still Cannot Find Housing as Thousands of Affordable Apartments Sit Empty and Rents Near Market Rates

 Joshua Adkins  September 8, 2026

A national shortage of deeply affordable homes is colliding with vacancies in units aimed at higher-income renters.

Survivors and organizers at the groundbreaking site for Chicago’s Washington Park torture memorial

Chicago Torture Survivors Break Ground on Washington Park Memorial After Decade-Long Delay, Marking First State-Sponsored Monument in the United States for Law Enforcement Violence

 Joshua Adkins  September 7, 2026

The Chicago memorial will honor survivors tortured under former police Commander Jon Burge and is expected to open in early 2027.

Fellowship Baptist Church in Pine Hills where affordable apartments are planned behind the campus

Orange County Church Nears Approval for Nearly 300 Affordable Apartments on Pine Hills Land as County Backs a $75 Million Housing Plan

 Joshua Adkins  September 1, 2026

Fellowship Baptist Church’s Pine Hills project would use 10 acres behind its campus under Orange County’s housing program for religious land.

Fire crews respond to a burning apartment building with smoke and flames rising from the roof

Three Alarm Apartment Fire Damages 12 Units and Triggers Partial Collapse at Narraticon Apartments in Deptford Township as Investigators Search for Cause

 Joshua Adkins  September 1, 2026

Residents escaped safely after an early Monday blaze spread fast through a South Jersey apartment building and left some tenants facing major water and fire damage.

Residents gather at a rally in Emerald Hills to oppose a housing project near a wildfire hazard zone

San Diego Faces Lawsuit Over Emerald Hills Housing Project as Residents Say City Missed Wildfire Evacuation Risks in Approving Roughly 120 Homes

 Joshua Adkins  August 23, 2026

A neighbor’s challenge says the city failed to weigh evacuation access and emergency response before clearing the project.

Habitat for Humanity workers and community members at the Pope Leo Village launch in Milwaukee

Habitat for Humanity’s Pope Leo Village Adds Seven Affordable Homes in Milwaukee’s Harambee Neighborhood as National Project Spreads to 21 Cities

 Joshua Adkins  August 22, 2026

The initiative ties Milwaukee construction to a nationwide push for 250 homes and comes amid the city’s Year of Housing focus.

Planning Commission discussion over a proposed 145-townhome project in Downey

Downey Planning Commission Reopens Review of 145 Townhomes on Former Honda World Site After Litigation Threats and Sets Sept. 16 Hearing

 Joshua Adkins  August 21, 2026

Commissioners voted to reconsider an earlier rejection of the 6.15-acre proposal and will take it up again next month.

Firefighters respond to an attic fire at a nine-apartment building after a lightning strike in Summit, New Jersey

Lightning Strike in Summit, New Jersey, Ignites Attic Fire at Nine Apartment Home as Firefighters Contain Two Alarm Blaze During Severe Storms

 Joshua Adkins  August 21, 2026

Residents were displaced but no one was injured after crews battled the attic fire and kept the building from spreading further.