Affordable and Subsidized Housing

It is important to understand the differences between market rate , where the landlord or seller charges what the market will bear, affordable housing, where rent is based on income and assets, and subsidized, which is available only to low income people and is subsidized by government funding.

Affordable Housing

Each municipal government has an office for affordable housing, which maintains a list of units in the community designated affordable. This office receives applications and maintains waiting lists for units which are for sale or rental. Some senior communities may include some units designated as affordable. Most communities have an on-site housing manager. Some limited social services may be offered, but residents are expected to be independent. 

• Princeton Township: call (609) 688-2029
• New Jersey Housing Resource Center http://www.njhrc.gov/njhrc/find_housing.html

Subsidized Housing

Rental housing for low income people, subsidized by the Federal Government (HUD). There is usually a substantial waiting list.

Princeton Community Housing (PCH)

• PCH office 245 Nassau Street, Princeton NJ 08540 (609) 924-3822
• Princeton Community Village -(609) 921-1686
• Elm Court 300 Elm Rd., Princeton, NJ 08540 (609) 921-0929
• Harriet Bryan House (609) 683-8858
• Griggs Farm (Moderate income condos & low income rentals) (609) 924-3822 ext. 10
• Applications can be found on the website: www.princetoncommunityhousing.org

Princeton Housing Authority-Borough of Princeton (HABOP)

• Manages housing at Spruce Circle, Redding Circle, Clay Street, Karin Court, Maple and Franklin Terraces
• Office: 50 Clay Street, Princeton NJ 08542
• (609) 924-3448

Other Area Affordable Housing

• St. James Village, East Windsor (609) 448-1460
• Wheaton Point , East Windsor (609) 448-7738
• The Gables, West Windsor (609) 799-8885
• The Hamlet at Bear Creek, West Windsor (732) 780-8314
• Alvine Gershen Apts, Hamilton (609) 890-9400
• Hopewell Gardens, Hopewell (866) 528-6991
• Ewing Independent Living (609) 883-8500
• Lawrence Plaza, Lawrenceville (609) 883-5407
• Charleston Place & Oak Woods, South Brunswick: (732) 297-7966
• South Village, Trenton (609) 394-8655
• Park Place, Ewing (609) 771-4392
• Wyndhurst, Plainsboro(609) 799-8500

Congregate Housing

In addition, some communities offer congregate housing. An individual rents a private (or semi-private) room and eats meals in a communal dining room. Laundry, housekeeping and some support services are available. There is a non-medical staff person on duty part or all of the day. Such “Comprehensive Personal Care Homes” are licensed by the Department of Health. Elm Court includes congregate housing. There are no known boarding homes in Princeton, but they exist in surrounding communities such:

• Trent Center, Greenwood Avenue Trenton, New Jersey 08609 (609) 392-5222, http://www.trentcenter.com
• Luther Arms 323 South Broad Street, Trenton, NJ 08608, (609) 392-5628 www.lsmnj.org/programs-services/affordable-senior-housing/
• Luther Towers 489 W State St, Trenton, NJ 08618, (609) 695-7755
• Friends Home in Newtown, PA (215) 968-3346. http://www.friendshomeandvillage.org/

The Princeton Senior Resource Center does not endorse any of the resources listed on these pages. We collect and provide information from many sources as a service to those seeking services in the Princeton area. No listed provider pays to be in our directory.