Trenton turnaround: 3 city homes rehabbed with help from ex-offenders
18.05.12
TRENTON — Formerly vacant and dilapidated houses in the Cadwalader Place neighborhood will soon provide a path to home ownership for residents as part of a four-year rehab project, officials said yesterday.
Three homes have already gone from eyesores to desirable properties through gut-rehab projects financed by federal funds and the state Department of Community Affairs. The homes were unveiled yesterday, complete with new carpet, paint and tile.
Buyers are set to takeownership this summer.
City, state and federal officials yesterday held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a four-bedroom, 2½-bath rehab unit at 852 Carteret Ave.
“I just want to thank you from the bottom of my own heart for picking this neighborhood, because this is such a beautiful neighborhood,” said Rachel Cogsville, president of the Carteret Association, the neighborhood civic association.
Cogsville, who has lived in the area nearly all of her 44 years, can still remember the old layout of the place, with a couch in the corner of the living room, and the former owner, Mrs. Green, cooking dinner in the kitchen.
Source: The Times of Trenton - NJ.com