NJ Deaf Senior Housing
SENIOR HOUSING NEEDS
• POPULATION to Support Housing
• SAFETY
• LOCATION
– SHOPPING
– PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
– HOSPITAL
– COST
– DEAF COMMUNITY
NJ Counties
•
NJ COUNTY POPULATION
2010 CENSUS
NORTH
CENTRAL
SOUTH
BERGEN
884100
HUNTERDON
122000
ATLANTIC
252500
ESSEX
793600
MERCER
350800
BURLINGTON
423400
HUDSON
609000
MIDDLESEX
750200
CAPE MAY
102300
MORRIS
470200
MONMOUTH
615300
CUMBERLAND
146400
PASSAIC
489000
SOMERSET
297500
GLOCESTER
254600
SUSSEX
144200
OCEAN
510900
UNION
552500
SALEM
64300
WARREN
102400
CAMDEN
508900
TOTAL
4,045,000
2,135,800
2,263,300
NJ Population
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Population from 2010 census - Deaf Senior facility
NORTH NJ
4,045,000 None
CENTRAL NJ
2,135,800 Amber Court Elizabeth
SOUTH NJ
2,263,300 Leisure Chateau Lakewood
NORTH NJ and NY
NONE
CENTRAL NJ & Philadelphia Valley View
• NORTH NJ and NY COMBINED largest population
for 1st NJDSH
• 2nd location later SOUTH NJ and PHILADELPHIA
• TOMS RIVER??????
Affordable Housing
COAH
• NJ Council on Affordable Housing [COAH] has 3 of the
top 4 affordable housing unit requirements over the next
10 years in Morris County. Although there are some
changes recently in COAH - discussions in legislature
Morris - Parsippany 1744
Bergen - Mahwah 783
Morris - Rockaway 531
Morris - Mt Olive 505
SENIOR HOUSING Location in
North Jersey
MORRIS COUNTY or BERGEN COUNTY?
• BOTH are SAFE
• COST
– Lower in western Morris County compared to Bergen
– Area ‘in need of rehabilitation” eligible for tax abatement
– Dover, Roxbury, Netcong possible in Morris Cty
• PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
– BERGEN IS PRIMARILY TO NY
– MORRIS HAS MORE LOCAL and to NY
• SHOPPING
• HOSPITALs
Transportation Morris Cty
• The Rt 46, Bloomfield Ave and Rt 10 corridors
include Parsippany/Dover/Sparta. There are
many smaller shopping centers with
supermarkets and 3 Major Malls
• These corridors link with Essex, Sussex and
Union Counties and NY
• Convenient Train and Bus – 23 Bus lines
• Also all of the towns have Morris Area
Paratransit and/or Dial a Ride
• Rt 80 links with NY and Pennsylvania
• Rt 287 links North, Central and South
SENIOR HOUSING NEEDS
MORRIS COUNTY
• SHOPPING
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ROXBURY MALL
ROCKAWAY MALL
WILLOWBROOK MALL
MANY GROCERY STORES ON RTs 10 and 46
• 4 HOSPITALs
– Morristown Memorial
– St Clare’s Denville and Dover
– Chilton Memorial
• COST LESS in western Morris County
• SAFE
DEAF COMMUNITY SUPPORT
MORRIS COUNTY
– MOUNTAIN LAKES SCHOOL DEAF
– MORRISTOWN MEM HOSPITAL
• US Deafness Workshop for Doctors, Nurses
– SENIOR HOUSING
• MEETING SPACE for Deaf, HoH, ALDA Clubs
• SOCIAL SERVICES
LOCATION DECISION
1ST NJ LOCATION
WESTERN MORRIS COUNTY
MUST HAVE SUCCESS AT
FIRST LOCATION
THEN START 2ND LOCATION