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• Health and Housing Inequities Compound Legacy of Structural Racism

  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...

• Housing and Community Development Network Issues Statement on State of the State

  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)...

• NJ Housing Advocates Applaud Governor Murphy Announcement Boosting Affordable Homes

  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...

• White House Homelessness Prevention Strategy Commended

  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...

• NJ Housing & Community Development Association Shares Condolences on City of Newark Official Dwayne Middleton’s Passing

  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...

• Expanded Renter Protections Needed in Wake of Troubling Federal Report, says NJ Housing Advocates

  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...

• Over 300 Return ‘Under One Roof’ to Further Efforts to HouseNJ

  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...

• Network Statement on Conditional Veto of Community Wealth Preservation Program Bill

  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...

• Close Racial Wealth Gap by Advancing Equity in Foreclosures, Housing Advocates Tell Gov. Murphy

  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...

• Network Statement on Housing Champion NJ Senator Ronald Rice Retirement

  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...

• Study Ranks NJ Rents 7th Most Expensive in the Nation

  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...

• NJ Legislature Passes Community Wealth Preservation Program

  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...

• NJ Housing Advocates Applaud Historic Housing Investments in the FY2023 State Budget

  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...

• NJ Senate Approves Resolution Calling on Congress to Prioritize Housing Affordability in Reconciliation Package

  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...

• Over 100 Housing Advocates Urge Legislators to “HouseNJ”

  Over 100 Housing Advocates Urge Legislators to “HouseNJ”Community leaders meet NJ lawmakers, secure commitments for investments and policies to support housing affordability and security 6/16/2022 This week, housing advocates and community leaders a...

• NJ Assembly Committee Calls on Congress to Prioritize Housing Affordability in Reconciliation Package

  NJ Assembly Committee Calls on Congress to Prioritize Housing Affordability in Reconciliation PackageResolution supporting significant investments to HouseNJ advances 6/3/2022 The New Jersey Assembly Housing Committee advanced a resolution this week urgi...

• NJ Housing and Community Development Association Applauds President Biden’s Housing Initiative, Urges Garden State Officials to HouseNJ

  NJ Housing and Community Development Association Applauds President Biden’s Housing Initiative, Urges Garden State Officials to HouseNJ 5/16/2022 New Jersey’s statewide association of non-profit community development organizations applauded the Bide...

• NJ Senate Committee Calls on Congress to Address Housing Instability

  NJ Senate Committee Calls on Congress to Address Housing InstabilityResolution supporting historic housing investments to HouseNJ advances 5/10/2022 The New Jersey Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee today advanced a resolution urging Congress ...

• Hospital and Community Partnerships Expanding Across NJ

  Hospital and Community Partnerships Expanding Across NJNJ leaders hear about new HMFA funding for homes and more resources to address health and housing disparities at Summit 5/5/2022 Over 200 attendees participated in the sixth annual Healthy Homes and...

• Severe National Affordable Home Shortage Crushing Low Income Families

  Severe National Affordable Home Shortage Crushing Low Income FamiliesHousing investments crucial to ‘HouseNJ,’ say advocates 4/21/2022 The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, a new report released today by the National Low Income Housing Coalition ...