Yearly Archives: 2013

Trenton, NJ - November 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Christie Administration today announced the launch of a new program to help seniors and individuals with disabilities whose primary homes were damaged by Superstorm Sandy. The Home Repair and Advocacy program, funded by an $8.2 million federal Social Services Block Grant (SSBG), is administered by the New Jersey Department of Human Services (DHS) through Area Agencies on Aging (AAAs). Eligible households could receive up to $5,000

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Sandy Homeowner and Renter Assistance Program (SHRAP), offered by the New Jersey Division of Family Development, is a temporary relief program designed to assist individuals and families experiencing a housing crisis as a direct result of Superstorm Sandy

RAMSEY, N.J. - November 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Richard E. Constable, III and New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) Executive Director Anthony Marchetta today highlighted the grand opening of Airmount Woods Supportive Housing, an affordable permanent supportive rental housing project in Ramsey, Bergen County, for individuals referred by the New Jersey Division of Developmental Disabilities.

Trenton - November 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Christie Administration today announced seven grants totaling $1,933,000 through the New Jersey Department of Transportation’s Local Aid Infrastructure Fund (LAIF) program to help municipalities in seven counties advance safety and pavement reconstruction projects

Trenton, NJ - November 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Christie Administration today announced that since its launch last month, more than $1 million in Sandy Homeowner and Renter Assistance funding has been disbursed to residents in the state’s hardest hit counties.

TRENTON - November 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Jersey’s municipalities and counties will receive more than $18.6 million in state recycling grants to help implement and enhance local recycling efforts, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Commissioner Bob Martin announced today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Sussex County Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the Human Services Advisory Council (HSAC) provided a free, interactive workshop for parents, grandparents and childcare providers on the "Search Institute's 40 Developmental Assets."

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) --On November 13, 2013, the new USS Juneau Memorial Center building in Kearny was dedicated. The Juneau Center will serve as home to the County OEM Emergency Operations Center (EOC) and the Hudson County Prosecutor’s new, climate-controlled evidence center

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Speaking to an audience of civil engineers, architects, concrete specialists, and other height enthusiasts at a recent lecture on campus, Lawrence Novak, the lead structural engineer for the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, related the complex strategy that allowed him to shatter records in constructing the world’s tallest freestanding structure

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce was recently named as a Taxpayer Advocate by The New Jersey Taxpayers Alliance (NJTA).

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Port Authority’s Board of Commissioners today authorized $230.4 million for design and construction of a 3,084-space garage on the west side of the planned $3.6 billion new Central Terminal Building project at LaGuardia Airport.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 14, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) --A bill to be introduced by Assemblyman Ron Dancer will relieve property taxpayers from a needless financial burden by uncovering and stopping unwarranted tax abatements.

ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. - November 13, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Lee & Associates New Jersey is pleased to announce Doug Gaffney has joined the firm as senior vice president.

Hamilton, NJ - November 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The New Jersey Builders Association (NJBA), the voice of New Jersey’s building industry, is pleased to announce that it will host a Legislative and Regulatory Update on issues affecting the building industry on Friday, November 15, 2013 at the Woodard & Curran Auditorium, 50 Millstone Road, Bldg. 100, East Windsor, NJ from 9:00 AM until 12:00 noon. Featured speakers include Ray Cantor, Esq., Chief Advisor to DEP Commissioner Bob Martin and Raymond S. Papperman, Esq., Deputy Advisor to the DEP Commissioner & Director, Office of Dispute Resolution.

Trenton, NJ - November 7, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Christie Administration today announced the state’s request to amend the current New Jersey Disaster Recovery Action Plan to allocate additional federal funds to two Superstorm Sandy housing recovery programs and also to set aside funds for a program to demolish unsafe structures. If approved, the Action Plan amendment would enable thousands of additional Sandy-impacted homeowners to receive federal resources to assist them in their recovery effort.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Are you hoping to refinance, but nervous because your credit is not where it should be? Unlike what you may have heard, it's still possible to refinance your mortgage without great credit. Below, Patricia Bell, President of Gloria Nilson & Co. Real Estate provides us with several tips how

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 4, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Congressman Andrews HADDON HEIGHTS, N.J. - Tuesday, Congressman Andrews announced that the Lawnside Senior Meadows senior citizen housing complex, a project that created over 200 construction jobs, is now open and accepting tenants. With the assistance and support of Congressman Andrews, the Lawnside Senior Meadows project was able to secure over $9 million in federal affordable housing tax credits that were critically needed to help finance the development.

TRENTON - November 1, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Division on Civil Rights announced today that an Essex County apartment building owner has agreed to pay a Jersey City man $3,000 to resolve allegations that he arranged by telephone to show the man a rental unit, then reneged after seeing him in person and realizing he was African-American.

New York, N.Y. - October 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its plan to clean up soil contaminated with trichloroethylene and other volatile organic compounds at the Ellis Property Superfund site in Evesham Township, New Jersey. The contaminated soil is polluting ground water underlying the site. The ground water is not currently being used as a source of drinking water, but ground water at the site has been used in the past for drinking water and for irrigation of farmland nearby. Exposure to trichloroethylene and other volatile organic compounds can have serious health impacts, including liver damage and increased risk of cancer.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 31, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On the one year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) today led a bipartisan coalition of members to introduce the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act which will protect millions of homeowners from facing huge flood insurance premium rate hikes and require FEMA to complete an affordability study, propose real solutions to address affordability issues, and certify that their mapping process is accurate before any flood insurance premiums can be raised in the future.