Economic Development: UJO is a founding member of the Greater Williamsburg Collaborative (GWC), a coalition of four community agencies. United Jewish Organizations, Los Sures, St. Nicholas Neighborhood Preservation Corporation, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC) collaborating on community wide economic development and training initiatives.

Schaefer-on-Kent:
The UJO is the non-profit sponsor of the Schaefer Affordable Housing Development.  The UJO, working with the developer and the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development, reinvested its own developer's fee in order that Schafer, a 350-unit development on the Williamsburg waterfront, would be able to have an unprecedented affordable component of 40%.  

These 140 units are tenanted by low-income families. The UJO engaged in outreach and eligibility seminars to ensure that the local community was aware of this great housing opportunity.  Schaefer opened its doors to these families in the Spring of 2006.