Yearly Archives: 2016

The Housing and Community Development Network New Jersey (the Network) and Princeton Community Housing will unveil employment, housing, and demographic data highlighting the economic impact Mercer County nonprofit community developers have made on New Jersey’s economy. The local data will be presented as a supplement to the Network’s 2014 Stronger Together report, an analysis of the economic impact of New Jersey’s community development sector since 1989, the year the Network was founded.

A real estate developer and landlord of commercial buildings in Palisades Park, New Jersey, today admitted soliciting a $50,000 bribe payment to a Palisades Park borough official, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

On Monday, April 11, Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) will lead a press conference to call on Congress to pass the TEST for Lead Act, legislation he recently introduced to test drinking water in schools for lead contamination.

On April 1, the National Flood Insurance Program began implementing additional flood insurance program changes resulting from reform legislation. These changes may significantly affect what your clients pay for their flood insurance. While some property owners may see minimal policy cost increases, others will experience larger premium increases—for example, clients with buildings in high-risk areas built before that community’s first Flood Insurance Rate Map.

Earlier this month the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General released a report entitled, “FEMA Does Not Provide Adequate Oversight of Its National Flood Insurance Write Your Own Program.” This report summarized a yearlong investigation, prompted by a “60 Minutes” interview in March of 2015, which revealed that thousands of superstorm Sandy victims had been wrongfully denied insurance claims due to corrupt and fraudulent practices.

While Congressional Republicans Seek To Undermine The Significant Progress Made To Address Climate Change, A Bipartisan Group Of Current And Former Lawmakers Argue The Clean Power Plan Is A Pragmatic Solution To Address The Largest Source Of Carbon Pollution In America

A pair of bills targeting New Jersey’s property tax crisis, sponsored by Assemblyman Jay Webber, advanced from Assembly committees today. A-312 mandates the publishing of comprehensive property tax data on the Division of Local Government Services website, and A-302 provides direct relief for property taxpayers from energy tax receipts.

The Assembly Appropriations Committee today approved Assemblyman Parker Space’s legislation to lessen the burden on property taxpayers by increasing energy tax receipts to municipalities for property tax relief. Space’s bill (A302) requires towns to subtract the additional aid from its adjusted tax levy, benefiting property taxpayers

First Time it is Taking Such Action in 40 Years TRENTON - (RealEstateRama) -- For the first time in four decades, the New Jersey...

The Housing and Community Development of New Jersey (the Network) has announced TAPinto.net as its newest media sponsor. The sponsorship offers a unique partnership in community engagement for both organizations

Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. (NJ-06), Senior Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, joined 44 current and former Senators and 164 current and former House Members to file an amicus brief in support of the Obama administration’s historic ‘Clean Power Plan’ (CPP). As the Democratic Leader of the committee with jurisdiction over the Clean Power Plan and the Clean Air Act, Pallone led the effort on the brief in the House. The CPP will reduce carbon pollution and address climate change, save consumers $155 billion by 2030, create jobs, and prevent 90,000 childhood asthma attacks through 2030‎.

In its continued effort to meet and assist Sandy-impacted families right in their home communities, the Christie Administration today announced that the 33rd Information Session will be held Wednesday, April 6th, 2016, at Union County College in Cranford, to provide personal assistance for storm-affected homeowners participating in the Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Elevation and Mitigation (RREM) Program and LMI Homeowners Rebuilding Program.

Governor Chris Christie announced that the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) will issue 500 State Rental Assistance Program (SRAP) vouchers through a new statewide Housing First program. On the announcement, Network Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Sharon Barker issued the following statement

Governor Christie: You know I had all the folks here say to me today that, that you know what they want to do is be completely on their own. They are working hard, multiple jobs, two, three, four, jobs to get themselves to the position where they can then say, thank you for the help, give it to someone else who needs it more because I am ok now. That is the kind of incentive we are trying to provide through this program and that is the kind of spirit that will break people out of this cycle. And it would not be possible without coordinating these services, I am absolutely convinced about that.

“In this terroristic day and age that we are living in, government infrastructure has become a prime target for domestic and international terrorists. Police officers are our first line of defense and they rightfully carry their weapons,” said Dancer (R-Ocean). “Carrying a weapon while off-duty also puts them in a better position to effectively respond to a public threat regardless of where or when that threat occurs. This legislation is a common sense measure to enhance public safety.”

Continuing the Administration’s strong record of reducing homelessness in New Jersey, Governor Christie today announced the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) will issue 500 State Rental Assistance Program (SRAP) vouchers through a new statewide Housing First program. The vouchers will be available to chronically homeless individuals and/or families who are high utilizers of public systems

Governor Christie: This commitment to developing and using this model of putting all the programs together so that people can really utilize them I think has allowed us to make some really incredible progress in reducing homelessness in this state and giving people the hand up they need to break the cycle that housing instability gets them into, and some of these statistics are really extraordinary and I have to tell you, I was surprised at what an enormous, enormously positive effect this has had in a relatively short period of time.

Assemblyman Dave Rible will introduce legislation that would let towns reduce their affordable housing obligations by contributing to a fund used to remediate lead contaminated properties

Congressman Donald M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) introduced the TEST for Lead Act, which updates the Safe Drinking Water Act to require states that receive certain federal funds to assist public and charter schools in establishing programs to test for lead in drinking water and to disclose the results if elevated lead levels are found.

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