Eighty-three apartments built on what used to be a St. Barnabas Hospital parking lot in Fordham are part of a completed $60 million construction effort that turned an underused stretch of pavement into housing for formerly homeless and elderly New Yorkers. The completed 10-story building, called El Hogar, sits at 2444 Tiebout Avenue and includes 50 supportive housing units alongside 32 apartments reserved for low-income seniors.
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The development includes a gym and community center and provides supportive housing, alongside apartments reserved for older adults. Governor Kathy Hochul is identified in the state announcement about the project.
The project was announced by New York State Homes and Community Renewal. Of the 83 total apartments, the 50 supportive housing units are dedicated specifically to formerly homeless or frail elderly New Yorkers, who receive supportive services.
The $60 Million Development
El Hogar was completed at a cost of $60 million.
The remaining 32 units are distributed through a lottery restricted to households where at least one member is 62 or older and household income doesn't exceed 40% of the Area Median Income, with rent set at 30% of tenant income, per New York YIMBY. The units provide deeply affordable senior housing in the area.
Green Building Standards and Tenant Amenities
El Hogar was designed by Monica Lopez Architect as a 10-story, all-electric structure that complies with Enterprise Green Communities Plus and EPA Energy Star Multifamily New Construction standards. The building includes free high-speed broadband internet in both apartments and common areas, a gym, a shared laundry room, and a community center.
The NYC Housing Connect lottery for the Tiebout Avenue building launched in November 2025.
Part of a Larger Statewide Push
State officials describe El Hogar as an affordable-housing development. Comunilife, identified as a nonprofit partner on the project, developed El Hogar.
The nonprofit has developed another project on public hospital property. Hoodline previously covered a $41.5 million Woodhull II housing project Comunilife developed on public hospital property. El Hogar's opening is another affordable-housing development in the Bronx.
