Joe Warren

Old Town Hall Homes Project Ahead of Schedule, Construction Coming

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The construction project to replace Old Town Hall Homes is scheduled to have the 20 residents, who now have all moved out, return by the spring of 2020, according to Housing Authority Chairman Joe Warren. That was part of what Warren told the Board of Selectmen Monday night about the $20- to $24-million project to replace the senior housing complex with one building which will more than double the housing capacity of the site — from 22 apartments in the now-empty building to a 55-unit structure of single-bedroom apartments, except for two two-bedroom units. The two-bedroom apartments “give us the flexibility if we have somebody who needs a full-time [live-in] aide,” Warren told the selectmen. The residents who moved out of the complex have moved into new housing arrangements: Four have relocated to Hope Street in Stamford, two others in Norwalk, two others to live with their families elsewhere in New England, two passed away and the rest are all living in Darien. The housing authority is paying for any difference in rent and the residents are guaranteed housing for at least the next 18 months, he said.