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The Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey is a statewide association of more than 250 affordable housing and community development corporations, individuals and other organizations that support the creation of housing and economic opportunities for low- and moderate-income New Jerseyans.
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The Network opposes moratorium on COAH process
Urges Governor to reject Senators’ proposal to deny homes to working families
MEDIA STATEMENT BY DIANE STERNER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
It is only fair that every New Jerseyan have the opportunity to live in a decent home in a decent community, reasonably close to their place of employment. The new rules from the state Council on Affordable Housing, because they more accurately estimate the amount of New Jersey residents currently being denied that opportunity, constitute a step in the right direction. Their implementation should not be delayed.
The Housing & Community Development Network of New Jersey says this attempt by state Senators Lesniak (D-Union) and Bateman (R-Somerset) to put a moratorium on the COAH process is clearly part of a larger campaign to roll back recent housing reforms that create opportunities for all New Jersey families to have safe housing they can afford. Senator Bateman is a prime sponsor of S.2292/A.344, introduced in the Senate on October 20, which would undo all of the major elements of A.500, New Jersey’s comprehensive housing reform act, signed by the Governor in July. Among other things, Senator Bateman’s bill would bring back Regional Contribution Agreements, an unfair mechanism by which wealthy municipalities paid out millions to avoid building any new housing for working families. This onerous practice, which was abolished just three months ago, has been called “blood money” by state leaders including Assembly Speaker Joe Roberts. The elimination of this practice was supported on the editorial pages of every major newspaper in the State.
The Senators’ proposals, and the broader campaign behind them, would continue to unfairly deny tens of thousands of New Jersey families the opportunity to a decent home. Their moratorium on the COAH process also amounts to a moratorium on construction, at a time when the state’s economy is in dire need of such stimulating, job-creating activity. Their proposal appears to be the first step down a slippery slope that would scuttle COAH entirely and weaken the significant housing reforms the Governor signed into law this summer.
We are surprised by Senator Lesniak’s proposal. A few short months ago he was one of the leaders of the most progressive reform of housing legislation seen in New Jersey in more than 20 years. A500 eliminated the ability of wealthy towns to buy their way out of doing their fair share of providing housing that all New Jerseyans can afford. What has happened to change the Senator’s mind to the point that he would call for such a drastic step?
We need to give the COAH process a chance to work. Almost since its inception, COAH has been hamstrung by legal challenges, mostly from municipalities hoping to avoid building housing for low and moderate income people, and hasn’t had the chance to act at all. In the past nine years, many towns have done little or nothing to provide their fair share of affordable housing, all the while collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in local developer fees that they could have been using to develop housing! These are monies that towns could be using to create accessory apartments, provide rental assistance, buy down subprime mortgages or actually build housing for seniors, working families and young couples. Instead they too often sit on the money and do nothing.
The housing reforms enacted this year allow for adjustments to COAH rules and other housing related regulations through an annual review of the state’s housing situation. Instead of delaying the process, we urge the Governor to appoint the Housing Commission as soon as possible to get this process underway.
Corrections, where needed, can be made within the system as it now stands. There is no good reason to overhaul the new rules or delay their implementation. Let’s go forward and finally begin providing the housing opportunities all New Jersey families deserve.
Network issues new analysis of housing reform bill and COAH rules
FAQ to counter confusion and misinformation
The Network considers the recent passage of A.500/S.1783 to be a significant step towards dealing with the state's relentless housing crisis. It is the most far-reaching housing bill enacted in New Jersey in many years, and includes a number of policy priorities that the Network has promoted to step up the production of affordable housing and ensure that more New Jerseyans can obtain decent homes. But we are greatly concerned about the recent controversy regarding the effect of this legislation on New Jersey’s local governments, and have issued a new analysis -- “Frequently Asked Questions about A.500/S.1783 and the COAH Third Round rules” -- in the hope of both dispelling these myths and providing people with strong counter-arguments to the confusion and misinformation. Click here for the FAQ sheet and here for introductory remarks by Network Executive Director Diane Sterner. Go here for more information on A500.
Network urges support for NJ Homeownership Preservation Act
Calls Governor’s plan a step in right direction
Although encouraged by Governor Corzine’s initiatives to bolster the state economy during the current national financial crisis and to protect threatened homeowners from foreclosure, the Housing & Community Development Network of New Jersey said today that more needs to be done. In particular, the Network urged the Governor to voice support for the New Jersey Homeownership Preservation Act (A.2517/ S.1599), currently in committee in both houses of the state legislature, and appealed to lawmakers to pass the bill as quickly as possible.
“These are all good ideas, but they do not go far enough to solve the crisis,” said Staci Berger, the Network’s Director of Advocacy, in response to the Governor’s announced initiatives that would direct millions of dollars toward foreclosure prevention strategies.
“These steps, while laudable, do not address the root cause of the problem, take a comprehensive approach to solving it, or prevent new problems,” Berger said.
To see a Network Media Release on the subject, click here.
The Network and its allies, New Jersey Citizen Action and the New Jersey Institute for Social Justice, worked with the Senators, Assembly Members and legislative staff in both chambers to craft the legislation. We appreciate their dedication and leadership assisting New Jersey’s threatened families and neighborhoods.
Get involved in helping to pass this bill:
SIGN the campaign’s Statement of Support. View a list of endorsers here.
SEND a letter to the Senator(s) and Assembly Members representing your and/or your organization’s area. Click here for a sample letter.
ENCOURAGE others to do the same!
GET more information. Click here to view the bill; here for a summary of the bill; here for a newspaper article on the bill. Click here for a media release on the legislation’s introduction event, here for a fact sheet on foreclosures in New Jersey, and here for a year-to-date chart on foreclosures in New Jersey's counties.
For guidance on preventing, dealing with and recovering from foreclosure, go to http://www.nj.gov/njhrc/index.shtml
For more information about the Network’s Foreclosure Prevention campaign, email sberger@hcdnnj.org
Foreclosure Central
Information on the continuing crisis
The Network wants to ensure that all its members and any other interested people can access as much pertinent information on the foreclosure crisis as possible. We will be adding to and updating this data on a regular basis.
Click here for a list of New Jersey foreclosed properties by county. This is a list compiled through various Network resources. It is not a complete list and may contain inaccuracies. We will update the list on a monthly basis.
The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 created the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP), under which states, cities, and counties will receive a total of $3.92 billion to acquire, rehabilitate, demolish, and redevelop foreclosed and abandoned residential properties. To view a HUD draft notice of the implementation of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds, courtesy of Capital Access, click here.
Click here for a draft CHECKLIST to assist groups wishing to apply for funds from the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.
The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs has posted two documents relating to their plan for the use of the state's NSP funds. One document, here, talks about targeting funds, maximizing funds to areas with existing plans, counseling capacity, economic assistance programs and readiness to proceed. It lists the towns where foreclosure is greatest. It clarifies that they will do a RFP.
The second document, here,
is the state's action plan for comment by Nov. 19. It is 70 pages and lists the target neighborhoods in 40 towns.
Click here for a copy of the testimony given by Network Policy Coordinator Arnold Cohen to the state Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency at a hearing regarding the Neighborhood Stabilization Program.
Click here for How to Spend $3.92 Billion: Stabilizing Neighborhoods by Addressing Foreclosed and Abandoned Properties, the Discussion Paper that Network Executive Board Member Alan Mallach recently wrote for the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
Save the Date !!
The Network's December 2008 Membership Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at the Trenton Marriot, is fast approaching, so mark your calendars!.
Our theme for this meeting, which will kick off our 20th Anniversary, is Building from the Ground Up: 20 Years of Community Development in NJ. Look out for more information on the meeting over the coming weeks.
CRA is not the problem! Predatory lending is!
Network and CA respond to misinformation about helpful law
Repeatedly over the last several weeks — in print, on the airwaves and online — the federal Community Reinvestment Act has become a target of blame both nationally and here in New Jersey. The Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey and New Jersey Citizen Action, who have negotiated approximately $18 billion in CRA investments in New Jersey over the next three years, will not remain silent while a good law responsible for a great deal of positive development in lower income communities is outrageously vilified.
“Certain people are trying to blame CRA for the current financial crisis,” said Paige Carlson Heim, the Network’s managing director. “That is patently false. Mortgages originating from banks under CRA are among the soundest in the nation.”
“The CRA is not only responsible for good mortgages,” said Phyllis Salowe-Kaye, executive director of New Jersey Citizen Action. “Under the law, banks have offered discounted home improvement loans, construction and permanent financing, small business loans targeting women and minorities, and other investments in community and economic development. Many of these investments would not have happened otherwise.”
Click here for a Media Release on the CRA. Click here and here for news columns on the subject, here and here for more information on the CRA and the attacks against it.
Tell Gov. Corzine to keep his promise for safe, healthy and affordable housing!
Key housing commissioner, SRAP & Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention are all at risk!
Despite public commitments to help solve the state's
housing crisis and protect our communities and children, Governor Corzine's own
hiring freeze is preventing the state from filling critically needed positions -
specifically, the Senior Deputy Commissioner for Housing, as well as key staff
needed to run the State Rental Assistance Program and the Lead Poisoning
Prevention Program. These are essential positions that must be properly staffed
for the Governor to keep his promise.
The housing reform bill, recently signed into law by the Governor, created a new
position to oversee the State Housing Commission, that of Senior Deputy
Commissioner for Housing, and required the state Department of Community Affairs
to hire someone qualified to fill it. But the hiring freeze prevents DCA from
carrying out a search for the best qualified person to fill this important
position.
The freeze also affects the State Rental Assistance Program and the Lead
Poisoning Prevention Program, keeping vital and funded
assistance from reaching many families who desperately need it, because the DCA
cannot hire the necessary staff to operate the programs. These programs do not
rely on the state budget, as they are funded by fees or from federal
allocations, but they do need staff people to implement them. The lack of
staffing for these critical programs is unconscionable, especially for lead
poisoning prevention, given that the Governor's own Public Advocate has called
upon the state and affected municipalities to do more to address this entirely
preventable, yet incurable, condition.
Please let Governor Corzine know that you want him to keep his promises. Fax a
letter to the Governor and urge him to lift the freeze for these key positions.
Click here for a sample
letter, based on the letter the Network recently sent the Governor, whi
The Governor's address:
P.O. Box 001, State House, Trenton, NJ 08625
FAX: 609-292-3454
E-mail can be sent via the state website at www.state.nj.us
Gov. Corzine signs major housing reform
State housing plan, end of RCAs among the changes
MOUNT LAUREL - Under a tent top on a green commons at the Ethel Lawrence Homes — named for the woman whose lawsuit resulted in housing becoming a constitutional right in New Jersey — Governor Jon Corzine, surrounded by lawmakers and other stakeholders, signed the comprehensive housing reform bill into law on July 17. The Network, which has supported the reforms throughout the legislative process, expects the new law to result in not only more housing that is affordable to people of low and moderate incomes, but also that this housing will be built closer to where people work.
"As a result of this new law, many, many more people will have greater opportunities to find decent, affordable housing throughout New Jersey," said Diane Sterner, the Network's executive director, who spoke at the signing ceremony.
"This law will fulfill the intention of the Fair Housing Act, passed over 20 years ago — to give people the opportunity to find affordable housing in areas of economic growth," said Arnold Cohen, the Network’s policy coordinator.
The legislative measure, sponsored in the Assembly by Speaker Joseph Roberts and in the Senate by State Sen. Raymond Lesniak, among others, includes a number of policy priorities the Network and its members have championed for many years. The Network consulted with legislators and their staffs while the bill was being developed. It passed the Assembly on June 16, and the Senate a week later.
The core elements of the new law represent significant opportunities for New Jersey to provide safe, quality and affordable housing to all its residents. These include establishing a statewide housing planning process, creating a new statewide developer fee, encouraging housing for very low income residents, eliminating RCAs and creating replacement funding for urban housing rehabilitation. Click here for an FAQ on the new law and the Council on Affordable Housing's Third Round rules, here for Executive Director Diane Sterner's letter to members and allies. Click here to view a fact sheet on this important housing legislation, and here for additional information on cities and transit hubs.
“The housing crisis is real,” said Diane Sterner, the Network’s executive director. “It must be addressed or it will just get worse. The state Legislature has recognized these facts and taken solid, positive steps. Much still needs to be done, but it is great to see such progress.”
Click here for Sterner's remarks at the bill signing, here for a newspaper article on the signing, here for an editorial, and here for a Network response to a critic of the new law.
To get more information about the bill, please contact Arnold Cohen, Network Policy Coordinator, acohen@hcdnnj.org. To see Arnold Cohen's testimony before the Assembly committee in support of the bill, click here.
To view the bill in full, click http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A0500/500_U1.HTM
For Diane Sterner’s blog on the subject, go to. http://blog.nj.com/njv_diane_sterner/
Click here for a press release on a recent court decision on a Regional Contribution Agreement.
President signs foreclosure assistance bill
President Bush on July 30 signed the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 into law. This comprehensive legislation, passed in May by the House of Representatives and in July by the Senate, will help struggling families hit by foreclosures, stabilize the housing market, reform the oversight of government sponsored enterprises Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and strengthen mortgage disclosure requirements. The bill also includes dedicated funding for the National Housing Trust Fund, $3.9 billion in Community Development Block Grant funds and an increase in the allocation formula for low-income housing tax credits.
Click here for a media release on the signing. Click here for a fact sheet on the legislation, here for an in-depth summary, here for more data on the National Housing Trust Fund, here for the new law's impact on the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program, here for its effect on the Capital Magnet Fund, here for its effect on Neighborhood Stabilization Funds, and here for a letter from the National Alliance of Community Economic Development Associations with recommendations for the use of Neighborhood Stabilization Funds.
Energy efficient light bulbs for seniors, needy families
Matthew Erickson and John Caddock, inspired by Al Gore's documentary "An Inconvenient Truth," are giving away 60,000 compact fluorescent bulbs to senior citizens and needy families, as well as educating people about their energy-saving benefits.
If any individual or member organization would like to participate in the students’ project, either sign the individual pledge form, or fill out the summary spreadsheet. The required fields are first name, zip code and email address if available.
Once the students receive this information, they will ship the bulbs to you for distribution. Each family gets a bag of 6 bulbs worth about $30 that will save them about $400 a year off their electric bill.
The government may owe you money
According to the state Department of Community Affairs, over 145,000 NJ households have not yet applied for their federal stimulus check. Click here for a flyer explaining how to apply, here for the flyer in Spanish.
TD Commerce expands financial commitment to community development
The Network, New Jersey Citizen Action and the new bank agree on plan
TD Banknorth and Commerce Bank, soon to be known as TD Commerce Bank, announced July 2 at a joint press conference with the Network and New Jersey Citizen Action, a plan to expand the banks’ existing financial commitment to low-income and moderate-income residents, small business owners, housing developers and not-for-profit agencies in New Jersey, to at least $676.5 million over the next 3 years.
The plan includes:
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$160 million for 3 years in below market-rate mortgages for first time homebuyers
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A minimum of $10 million in Helping Hand Home Improvement Loans for renters and homeowners.
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$80 million in CRA qualified loans and $50 million in CRA qualified investments over the next three years for Community Development Financing
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$24 million over the next 3 years in low-income housing tax credits
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$175 million in small business lending to LMI and minority businesses
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$1.5 million in grants to non-profits that provide affordable housing and/or community and economic development to LMI persons or communities.
“This agreement represents precisely the sort of private sector commitment New Jersey’s communities need to turn their fortunes around and move toward a prosperous, equitable future,” Paige Carlson-Heim, Managing Director of the Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey. “Part of the overall agreement calls for $130 million in community development loans and investments. These monies will build affordable housing, benefit working families, restore neighborhoods and advance the entire state.”
Carlson-Heim called the agreement “welcome, needed and commendable.”
"New Jersey is a critical market for TD Commerce Bank,” said Elizabeth Warn, Executive Vice President, Community Development, TD Banknorth. “The continuation of Commerce’s agreement with New Jersey Citizen Action and the Housing and Community Development Network solidifies our collective commitment to developing underserved neighborhoods through access to financial services."
Click here for a press release on the event.
NJ's Raise the Wage Campaign is on the Web!
Lobby Day 2008 is a big success!
The Network extends a sincere thanks to everyone who participated in Lobby Day 2008 on June 5 in Trenton. The effort was big success. Over 100 people took part, and we know that, together, we spoke to scores of legislators about our issues. In addition, both of the housing bills that were before Assembly committees on June 5, and which the Network supports, advanced in the legislative process.
The foreclosure prevention bill, A2517, passed out of the Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee. It will now go to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Donna Turner, from AHOME in Millville and Olga Montero, from Brand New Day in Elizabeth, gave moving testimony about the work they are doing in their communities and how that work can benefit from passage of the bill.
Click here for Donna Turner's testimony and here for the testimony of Staci Berger, the Network's director of advocacy..
Click here for a Gannett News story on A2517, and here for an Assembly Democrats’ press release on the bill’s advance.
The housing reform bill, A500, passed the Assembly Appropriations Committee last night and now goes before the full Assembly where a vote is expected on June 16. Many of our members were also at this committee hearing and handed in slips in favor of the bill.
See the item below for more on A500.
Making the cities work for NJ’s future
Network releases agenda for urban transformation
The Housing & Community Development Network of New Jersey released NJ and Its Cities: An Agenda for Urban Transformation at a press conference at the State House on May 7. It is the Network’s second major report on the state’s urban centers and their impact on the rest of the state, following Cities in Transition: New Jersey’s Urban Paradox, released in September 2006.
The report conveys a consistent, comprehensive and positive message: the equitable revitalization of New Jersey’s cities can help restore economic prosperity to the state as a whole. According to the report’s authors, the state’s economic vitality will not be truly restored without equitable renewal of its cities.
The report was co-authored by Diane Sterner, the Network's executive director, and Alan Mallach, a member of the Network's executive board and a former director of Housing and Community Development for Trenton.
Click here for a copy of the press release, here, here and here for news stories about the report, here for an editorial, here for an op-ed by the report's authors, and here for a list of priorities from the report.
Click here for a copy of NJ and Its Cities: An Agenda for Urban Transformation.
Click here for a copy of Cities in Transition: New Jersey’s Urban Paradox.
Network Offering Portfolio Asset Management Strategy Program
The goal of the Asset Management Portfolio Strategies (AMPS) Program is to assist CDCs in the creation of long-term strategies designed to extend the useful life of, manage and preserve critical affordable housing resources in existing portfolios as well as additional assets to be acquired or managed in the future. By the end of the program, participants will have created asset management strategies for properties in their portfolio and, where engaged in doing their own property management, create a 5-year property management business plan.
Click here to learn how to "AMP" up your rental portfolios
COAH approves revised Third Round rules
New growth share regulations will take effect June 2
At its May 6 meeting, the board of the Council on Affordable Housing approved COAH’s revised Third Round rules, first proposed on December 17, 2007. These rules will go into effect on June 2.
The board also proposed new amendments that will appear in the June 16 New Jersey State Register. All comments on the proposed amendments must be submitted by August 15. COAH will vote the amendments or their revisions into law in October. The Network urges its members to read these amendments and make your concerns known to COAH. The amendments can be viewed at http://www.state.nj.us/dca/coah/june08rules.shtml
The Network is evaluating the impact of the proposed amendments and will be making formal comments. Any ideas from members regarding what the Network should say are welcome. Please e-mail Arnold Cohen, policy coordinator, at acohen@hcdnnj.org.
All municipalities must now have their new plans to COAH by Dec. 31, 2008.
Click here to see a Network policy bulletin on the amendments.
Click here to see summary of the new Third Round rules.
Go to http://www.state.nj.us/dca/coah/dec07proposal.shtml to see the new COAH rules.
Click here for the Network position paper on the proposed new rules, and here for instructions on estimating a municipality's affordable housing obligation under the revised rules.
Click here for David Kinsey's report on COAH's origins and expectations: Smart Growth, Housing Needs, and the Future of the Mount Laurel Doctrine.
NJ 5th Most Expensive State for Rental Housing
Network releases state data from NLIHC's Out of Reach report
The release of the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s “Out of Reach 2007-2008,” the annual report documenting the need for affordable housing in every state in the nation, takes on an amplified importance for New Jersey this year, according to the Housing & Community Development Network of New Jersey.
“The NLIHC's report, which once again places New Jersey among the most difficult states in which to find affordable places to live, points up the necessity and the urgency of taking meaningful action,” said Diane Sterner, the Network’s executive director.
The Network, on April 14, released New Jersey-specific data from the national report, as well as analysis and information from its own research, clearly showing that the affordability crisis continues for the state rental market. The Network pointed, nonetheless, to some promising steps state government is taking to address the dire situation.
Click here for a press release on the event, here for a fact sheet on the New Jersey report, and here for detailed charts on the state's rental market and affordability for working families.
Click here, here here and here for media coverage of the report's release.
Go to http://www.nlihc.org/oor/oor2008/ to view the complete national report.
The Network's 2008 Membership Directory Survey
Click here to download the form
Groups Say: New Revenues, Not Budget Cuts
TRENTON -- A broad coalition of organizations announced on April 10 the launch of a new campaign to prevent the proposed state budget cuts and return the state to a path of investing in its future.
The Better Choices Budget Campaign, which includes environmental, housing, labor, education and community organizations, called on legislators and Governor Corzine to consider revenue alternatives before passing a budget that cuts deeply into health care, higher education, parks, social services, tenant protection and many other areas crucial to New Jerseyans’ quality of life and ability to advance economically.
The Network is a part of the campaign. For more information, click here, or go to the campaign's website, here.
HUD offers affordable housing design advice
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, in cooperation with non-profit and for-profit organizations, has made available the Affordable Housing Design Advisor -- A tool, resource, idea bank and step-by step guide to design in affordable housing, including the latest ideas regarding green building.
To access the advisor, go to http://www.designadvisor.org/.
Network to Governor: Keep your housing promise
The Housing and Community Development network of new Jersey has written a letter to Governor Jon Corzine, in response to recent statements by the governor that suggest he is backing away from his oft-repeated promise to provide 100,000 affordable housing units in New Jersey by 2014. The Network urges the governor to keep his word and find a way to provide the housing so desperately needed. Click here to read the letter.
For newspaper reports, go to:
http://www.nj.com/ap/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-27/1189786697112810.xml&storylist=topstories
and
http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1189917375313570.xml&coll=1
and
http://www.nj.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/news-8/119009059345370.xml&coll=1
YOU CAN HELP! Contact Governor Corzine and urge him not to go back on his promise, but come forward with his overdue plan on how we will build the necessary affordable housing. The Governor needs to hear from all of us that affordable housing in New Jersey is a critical need. The latest census data shows that in New Jersey over 17 percent of homeowners with a mortgage and nearly 25 percent of renters pay over half their income for housing. Please use this sample letter to compose your own letter to the Governor and send a copy to your local newspaper
Contact the Governor by going to www.state.nj.us and following the Contact the Governor prompts. By phone: 609 292-6000. By fax: 609 292-3454. By mail: P.O. Box 001, State House, Trenton, NJ 08625-0001.
Let the Network know (send an e-mail to jpicard@hcdnnj.org ) when you have sent your letter, so we can gauge the impact we are making. Let Gov. Corzine know you are serious about affordable housing and that he should be, too.
Network's Executive Director in the Blogosphere
Comments and Discussion Welcome
Diane Sterner, the Network's founder and Executive Director, is now a regular blogger at NJVoices.com, the new blogging site operated by the Star Ledger and located at http://www.nj.com/njvoices/. Diane was one of a handful of prominent New Jerseyans selected by the newspaper to transcribe opinions and initiate discussion on a wide range of significant issues. Diane concentrates on topics related to housing and community development, writing on eminent domain, urban revitalization, the need for a statewide housing policy and other pertinent topics. Her entries can be viewed at http://blog.nj.com/njv_diane_sterner/. Please visit the site and participate in these worthwhile discussions by adding your comments.
Communities Can Create Local Plans to Build Sustainable Neighborhoods, Advocates Say;
Residents at the Center: A Guide to Community-Based Planning
for Distressed Neighborhoods
Click here to read the full media release about the Network's latest project in association with Rutgers University.
Help make affordable housing a priority for Governor Jon Corzine. Click here to learn about the Homes for New Jersey campaign and find out what you can do!
Restoring Problem Properties: A Guide to New Jersey's Abandoned Property Tools, authored by Alan Mallach, is now available! Click here to download a copy of the book.
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