NJ Spotlight NewsMurphy budget seeks more funding for lead screening program
NJ Spotlight NewsMurphy budget seeks more funding for lead screening program

Low-income households spend much more of their income on utility bills compared to higher-income households


New report ranks NJ seventh among costliest places to rent a two-bedroom apartment
NJ Spotlight NewsSome 73% of NJ’s poorest renter households spend more than half their incomes on housing, report finds

Poll found that families most impacted by COVID-19 earned less than $50,000 a year and lost all their savings

Some 30% of the $1.2 billion in federal aid has been given out to 4,500 households, according to the NJ Department of Community Affairs

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 ...

It’s been called the “Senior Tsunami,” an impending demographic wave in the form of an aging population that planners and policy experts say New Jersey’s ...

More than $5 million has been raised, and mostly spent, in the pitched battle over a Jersey City ballot question on regulations for short-term rentals ...

Under One Roof, an annual New Brunswick conference, provided an opportunity for state officials, advocates and more to laud some major achievements in the community ...

Housing is Health was the theme of the fourth annual summit of the Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey, but what does it ...

Housing advocates acknowledge America's made great progress in fair housing, but say so much more needs to be done.

New Jersey is the sixth most expensive state in the United States for renters. Because of those costs, many people are turning to becoming homeowners, ...

Advocates are offering an action plan to protect New Jersey's children, especially those in low-income communities, from the dangerous hazards of lead poisoning and exposure.

Sandy survivors told their stories of hardship that continues nearly four years after the storm at a special hearing to the Regulatory Oversight Reform and ...

Is the Affordable Care Act becoming unaffordable? For some, double digit premium hikes could be offset by federal subsidy hikes. But others could get slammed. ...

The Senate and Assembly approved putting $10 million in the state’s Lead Hazard Control Fund for the next budget. Now they need Gov. Christie to ...