Not Just an Affordable Home: A New Kind of Housing Project in Hunts Point

A family walks to a neighborhood park in the Bronx.

Maria Torres-Springer, President and CEO of New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), discusses a major development plan to transform the former Spofford Juvenile Detention Center in the South Bronx neighborhood of Hunts Point, into an expansive, 5-acre holistic campus that includes 100% affordable housing, commercial, industrial and retail space and more.