Joseph Barry

Joseph Barry (born 1940) is an American real estate developer and co-founder of the Applied Housing Companies and founder of the Hudson Reporter newspaper chain.

Early life Joseph Barry was born in 1940 to a Jewish family in New Jersey and raised in Newark, the son of Marion and Walter Barry. who started to develop low income housing in Newark after the 1967 Newark riots. Barry earned a B.A. in English from Rutgers University and graduated first in his class from Rutgers Law School. In the 1960s, he was associated with the left-wing Students for Democratic Society. In 1971, Hoboken designated Applied Housing as their exclusive developer of Section 8 housing tasked with rehabilitating deteriorated buildings into affordable housing. By 2004, Applied was the largest developer in Hoboken.

Personal life Barry is married to Gail H. Barry and lives in Peapack-Gladstone. They have three children: David Barry, Michael Barry, and Lisa Barry Fleisher who continue to run the company His son David is married to Kyra Tirana Barry, team leader for the U.S. Woman's Wrestling Team that competed in the 2016 Olympic Games.