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HELP SUPPORT THE NETWORK'S EFFORTS TO
STRENGTHEN NEW JERSEY'S COMMUNITIES
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With over twenty years of helping community developers create homes people can afford, expanding economic opportunities, and building communities where residents can pursue their dreams, the Network is looking to the future. We are optimistic we can be successful working together with you to achieve policy and programmatic goals and so we invite you to consider making a tax-deductible contribution to support our ongoing efforts. Click here to make an electronic contribution or you can write a check out to The Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey and mail to 145 W Hanover Street, Trenton, NJ 08618.
Your support for the Network will allow us to maximize our collective resources to help build strong communities and create the jobs and homes that all New Jerseyans need.
Here are some key 2011 achievements that you helped make possible:
- Promoted Housing Policies to Move NJ Forward, helping to shepherd key elements of our Housing Market Reform Actthrough the legislature. In a parallel effort, we joined in an amicus brief on a major case being considered by the NJ Supreme Court regarding implementation of the state's Mt. Laurel principles.
- Fought for Housing Funding - helping to secure full funding for NJ's State Rental Assistance Program in the FY2012 budget.
- Joined with our planning and environmental allies in a consortium that won a $5 million, 3-year Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant from HUD for work in the North Jersey Transportation Region to support strong communities.
- Succeeded in restoring $45 million in housing counseling funds that had been previously eliminated in coalition with national partners.
- Launched the NJ Community Leadership Initiative involving 13 municipalities and held our inaugural Summer Institute to explore proactive strategies and systems reforms for gaining control of and repurposing problem properties.
- Provided Community Development Training:Nearly 150 community developers and municipal staff participated in our courses on Property Acquisition Strategies, Property Management for Scattered Site Projects, Mixed Use Development Finance and Financing Renewable Energy Projects.
- More 100 people attended our Advocacy Day, meeting with legislators to educate them about our policy agenda and build support for our issues.
Since 1989, our members have created nearly 30,000 homes, employed and/or trained over 20,000 residents, constructed and renovated over 840,000 square feet of commercial space, and created 24 strategic neighborhood revitalization plans in partnership with community stakeholders in cities throughout the state.
We hope you will be able to help us advance our agenda and improve New Jersey by making a tax-deductible contribution. We are so grateful for your involvement and support for the Network. Thanks for everything you do.
If you would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact us at (609) 393-3752. Don't forget to keep up with our happenings on Facebook, www.facebook.com/hcdnnj and Twitter, www.twitter.com/hcdnnj.
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