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NJ Housing Advocates Congratulate Newly Announced Acting DCA Commissioner Suárez
9/15/2023
Governor Phil Murphy yesterday announced the nomination of Jacquelyn A. Suárez as Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA). On the n...
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Consumer and Housing Advocates announce $2 Billion Community Reinvestment Act Agreement with TD Bank
8/15/2023
New Jersey Citizen Action (NJCA) and the Housing & Community Development Network of New Jersey (HCDNNJ) today announced a three-year, $2 b...
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NJ Housing & Community Development Association Statement on Passing of Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver
8/1/2023
Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey (the Network) President and CEO Staci Berger issued the following statement on the passing...
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New Lead Exposure Rule a Step Towards Racial Equity, says Network
7/13/2023
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed the strongest measures yet against lead exposure in residential buildings and child care facilities. The proposed ...
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DCA Launches Comprehensive Eviction Defense and Diversion Program in All Court Vicinages in New Jersey
6/26/2023
The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) today announced a Comprehensive Court Eviction Defense and Diversion (CCED) program in ...
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Housing and Community Development Network Awarded Over $88K for Housing Counseling Efforts
6/22/2023
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced that it has awarded the Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey...
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New National Study Finds No Relief for NJ RentersNJ rental market ranks seventh most expensive
6/14/2023
Full-time workers in New Jersey need to earn $33.50 per hour to afford a modest, two-bedroom apartment at fair market rent. This is NJ’s 2023 “H...
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NJ Housing Association Launch Program to Help BIPOC Developers Expand Affordable Homeownership
6/12/2023
The Housing and Community Development Network of NJ (the Network), with the support of NJ’s Department of Community Affairs (DCA), today announced...
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Network Applauds New City of Newark’s Renter Protection MeasureUrges NJ Legislature to address “unconscionable” rent increases
6/7/2023
Landlords will have to pay hefty fines for “unconscionable” rent increases, after the Newark City Council p...
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Measure Protecting Residents from Extreme Heat AdvancesNJ Assembly Housing Committee Approves Code Red Legislation
5/18/2023
The New Jersey Assembly Housing Committee today voted in favor of legislation which would require making available public coolin...
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Health and Community Development Leaders Promote Equitable Approaches to Caring for People and Places HUD area director Alicka Ampry-Samuel inspires Summit; Array of experts address action on climate change, fair housing, lead poisoning prevention, and p...
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Rental Housing Crisis Continues to Harm Tenants, New Report FindsAffordable home availability growing scarcer for NJ residents
3/16/2023
The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, a new report released today by the National Low Income Housing Coalition (N...
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NJ Housing & Community Development Association Shares Condolences on NJ Senator Ronald Rice’s Passing
3/15/2023
Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey (the Network) President and CEO Staci Berger issued the following statement on ...
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Housing Advocates Demand Action on ‘Unconscionable’ Rent IncreasesNJ rents increased 20-40 percent according to new data
2/13/2023
Unconscionable rent increases, coupled with rising consumer costs, are harming NJ renters. According to data published...
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Health and Housing Inequities Compound Legacy of Structural Racism New report provides roadmap for securing housing and health justice
1/12/2023
Renter Empowerment and Neighborhood Tools (RENT) for Health Equity released today offers a guide to increasi...
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Housing and Community Development Network Issues Statement on State of the State
1/10/2023
The following is a statement from Staci Berger, president and chief executive officer of the Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey (the Network)...
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NJ Housing Advocates Applaud Governor Murphy Announcement Boosting Affordable Homes
1/5/2023
The Murphy administration today delivered an announcement aimed at increasing the availability of affordable homes through improvements to the construction perm...
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White House Homelessness Prevention Strategy Commended NJ housing advocates encourage investments to ‘HouseNJ’
12/21/2022
A strategy by the Biden administration to reduce homelessness by 25 percent in two years was applauded by New Jersey housing ad...
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12/5/2022
Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey (the Network) President and CEO Staci Berger issued the following statement on the passing of Dwayne Middleton, manager of special projects for the City of Newark’s Office of Affordabili...
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Expanded Renter Protections Needed in Wake of Troubling Federal Report, says NJ Housing Advocates CFPB reveals problems with tenant background checks
11/15/2022
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today issued two reports which found that er...
