ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) -- The Rockford Housing Authority has received approval to demolish two towers from Brewington Oaks Apartments near downtown Rockford.

The buildings consist of 418 apartments for elderly and disabled residents.

The RHA says around 90 of the units were uninhabitable. Less than half of the apartments are occupied.

“We feel this is really a positive and exciting step in the development of affordable housing for our community," said Laura Snyder, RHA, CEO. "The demolition of these aging structures is a superb example illustrating how RHA has fostered re-development in the Greater Rockford Area.”

RHA says every person currently living in the apartments will be relocated.

The RHA hopes to turn the area in to green space for the community.