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Lower Township, NJ - October 19, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) Executive Director Marge Della Vecchia today joined state and local officials to break ground on Conifer Village, a 90-unit affordable housing apartment building located at 3805 Bayshore Road in Lower Township. The HMFA is providing $6.5 million in mortgage and tax credit funding for the project.

TRENTON, NJ - October 15, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Acting Commissioner Charles A. Richman today announced Egg...

TRENTON, NJ - October 14, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Acting Commissioner Charles A. Richman today announced the New Jersey Special Needs Housing Trust Fund won a 2009 Award for Program Excellence from the National Council of State Housing Agencies.

WASHINGTON, DC - October 8, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- In an effort to provide those serving in the armed forces with the full housing benefits of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, U.S. Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-8) today voted in support of bipartisan legislation that expands housing benefits to uniformed service members and other federal employees.

Washington, D.C. - September 23, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Albio Sires announced that the Bayonne Housing Authority, Elizabeth Housing Authority, and Housing Authority of Jersey City will receive funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Trenton, NJ - September 24, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Jon Corzine’s silence in the aftermath of last month’s state Supreme Court ruling that would force towns to alter zoning laws to accommodate affordable housing even after they have met their quota to provide low and moderate income housing will have severe consequences throughout towns in New Jersey said Assemblyman Scott Rumana today.

FRANKLIN TWP., NJ - September 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Acting Commissioner Charles A. Richman and New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) Executive Director Marge Della Vecchia today joined local officials to break ground on Franklin Boulevard Commons

NEWARK, NJ - September 3, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Acting Commissioner Charles A. Richman and New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) Executive Director Marge Della Vecchia today joined local officials to break ground on Roseville Commons, a 50-unit affordable housing building located at 533-567 Orange Street in Newark.

WASHINGTON TWP., N.J. - August 24, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Washington Township Mayor Matthew Lyons today joined New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) Executive Director Marge Della Vecchia at the Township Municipal Building, 523 Egg Harbor Road, to announce that Washington Township (Gloucester County) is the newest member of the Live Where You Work Program.

WASHINGTON, DC - July 23, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Mike Johanns (R-NE) – both members of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee – today introduced legislation aimed at ensuring that low-income disabled Americans have access to affordable housing options.

TRENTON, NJ - July 21, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Jon S. Corzine today announced the award of $16,165,287 in federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit funds and $22,634,105 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment (ARRA) funding through the Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP).

ORANGE, NJ - July 14, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Orange Mayor Eldridge Hawkins Jr. today joined Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Joseph Doria and New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) Executive Director Marge DellaVecchia at Reock Commons, a new condominium development at 57 South Center Street, to announce that Orange is the newest member of the Live Where You Work Program. The city is the 15th municipality to partner with the HMFA on the program.

WASHINGTON, DC - July 6, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) – Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) today announced New Jersey will receive $61,243,670 in funding to jump start affordable rental housing developments and create construction-related jobs in the state.

WASHINGTON, DC - July 6, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today announced that the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded nearly $16 million dollars in funding for New Jersey through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), HOME, and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) community programs.

Robbinsville, NJ - June 25, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) - Today, the New Jersey Supreme Court upheld the Appellate Division’s decision in a unanimous ruling stating that municipal governments do not have the right under the Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL) to require developers to set-aside land for open space or recreation facilities – or require payments in lieu of the same – as a condition of approval.

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - June 23, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) - New Jersey moved ahead in growing the Garden State's clean energy economy with the release of leases for three offshore wind developers, Governor Jon S. Corzine said today during an announcement with Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.

Washington, DC - June 12, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) – Rep. Rush Holt (NJ-12) today hailed the announcement by the U.S. Treasury Department that it is making available Recovery Zone Bonds to help communities obtain capital to fund economic development projects, rebuild infrastructure, maintain public services, and assist families in need.

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ - June 10, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) – Noting the significance of public-private partnerships to New Jersey's continued economic revitalization, Governor Jon S. Corzine today joined state and local officials to break ground for New Brunswick's $150 million Gateway Transit Village project.

NORTH BERGEN, NJ - June 8, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Building upon the region's rich legacy of major public transportation assets, Governor Jon S. Corzine, Senators Frank R. Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, FTA Administrator Peter Rogoff and a group of other federal, state and local officials today broke ground on the Mass Transit Tunnel project, the largest transit public works project in America.

UNION CITY, NJ - May 28, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Governor Jon S. Corzine today lauded the announcement by Department of Community Affairs (DCA) Commissioner Joseph Doria of the award of $19.5 million in federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit Funds (LIHTC) and the designation of $20.6 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment (ARRA) funding through the Tax Credit Assistance Program (TCAP) that will spur the creation of 879 new housing units throughout the state.