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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...
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Over 300 Return ‘Under One Roof’ to Further Efforts to HouseNJHousing champions honored and community development efforts celebrated at annual conference
10/25/2022
Hundreds of community development leaders, housing advocates and policy makers conve...
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Network Statement on Conditional Veto of Community Wealth Preservation Program Bill
9/15/2022Today, Governor Phil Murphy issued a conditional veto on legislation that would advance equity in the foreclosure process by helping residents and neighborhood...
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Close Racial Wealth Gap by Advancing Equity in Foreclosures, Housing Advocates Tell Gov. MurphyUrge Gov. to sign Community Wealth Preservation Bill into law
8/29/2022
In a letter signed by over 100 housing advocates and community development organizatio...
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Network Statement on Housing Champion NJ Senator Ronald Rice Retirement
8/22/2022
On the retirement of New Jersey Senator Ronald Rice, Housing and Community Development Network of NJ (the Network) President and Chief Executive Officer Staci Berger issue...
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Study Ranks NJ Rents 7th Most Expensive in the NationHousing advocates call for housing investments and stronger renter protections
7/28/2022
TRENTON – In a new national report unveiled today, New Jersey ranked as the seventh most expensive place f...
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NJ Legislature Passes Community Wealth Preservation Program Housing advocates urge final approval from Gov. Murphy
6/29/2022
The New Jersey Senate today passed a bill that would expand community-based access to residential properties sold at sheriff sal...
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NJ Housing Advocates Applaud Historic Housing Investments in the FY2023 State Budget
6/29/2022
The state budget passed by the NJ Legislature today is an unprecedented level of investment for housing affordability and community revitalization. It preserv...
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NJ Senate Approves Resolution Calling on Congress to Prioritize Housing Affordability in Reconciliation PackageResolution supporting significant investments to HouseNJ awaits action in Assembly 6/22/2022
The New Jersey Senate passed a resolution last we...
