
Dr. Schenike Massie-Lambert of Rutgers Children’s Center for Resilience and Trauma Recovery

Dr. Schenike Massie-Lambert of Rutgers Children’s Center for Resilience and Trauma Recovery
NJ Spotlight NewsNew analysis of census data reveals renters with children twice as likely to be evicted than those without. Racial disparities also rampant

Interview: Nick Graetz, Eviction Lab research associate

New statute was meant to shield tenants who fell behind on rent during pandemic

Shelters say they're doing their best to provide services to the homeless despite continued challenges

Many tenants are unaware of protection program or falsely assume automatic protection

Interview with Dean Dafis, who oversees eviction prevention efforts at state Department of Community Affairs

Newly formed group says the plan would cost New Jersey commuters an extra $3,000 a year

The measure would turn back-rent into civil debt

April job numbers came in slightly under economists’ forecasts

The number of anticipated eviction cases for 2022 is 194,000.

Some landlords have changed locks on tenants or shut off utilities without their knowledge.

Passaic residents and businesses face many challenges because of the pandemic.

President Joe Biden extended the pause on federal student loan payments through at least September.

Advocates say 35,000 eviction claims have been filed in New Jersey and 100,000 could be filed. Both housing advocates and property owners are relying on ...

Advocates fear numbers may have increased since the pandemic.

A judge weighed in on a rent dispute in Newark and ordered the landlord to let the Floyd family back in. The landlord's attorney says ...

Months have passed and some residents like Karee Dillard have still have not received a penny of unemployment insurance. He says his landlord is making ...
(NJ Spotlight News)With many residents out of work for months and behind on the rent, there are calls for additional state intervention

Even as the state digs out from the economic part of the coronavirus crisis, half of New Jersey’s 1 million renters are still worried about ...