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1. N.J. DEP offering dry cleaners money to reduce harmful chemical air pollutant
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... of the more prevalent air pollutants in the state, especially in urban areas. Vapors that escape from poorly maintained or faulty dry cleaning machines can seep through walls and into adjacent apartments ...

2. Housing advocates strongly oppose Sen. Lesniak's $20M bill to bailout private developer
(N.J./State)

... of attempting to redirect $20 million from the state housing trust fund to what they described as a bail out of a private developer involved in the renovation of apartments down the street from his Elizabeth ...

3. N.J. state analysis questions constitutionality of bill to change affordable housing guidelines
(N.J./State)

... planned affordable houses and apartments. Christie argues New Jersey is facing what he sees as dramatically different economic, demographic and social circumstances since the original state Fair Housing ...

4. Christie wants N.J. cities and towns to decide their affordable housing needs
(N.J./State)

... that would not stand up in court and could delay the construction and rehabilitation of 40,000 planned affordable houses and apartments. Christie said New Jersey is facing what he sees as dramatically ...

5. Christie's Red Tape Review panel recommends elimination or change of 16 ways state government operates
(N.J./State)

... Development rules require that apartment boilers be continuously monitored and logged hourly. These regulations were designed for industrial equipment and, when applied to residential apartments, unnecessarily ...

6. Christie panel recommends larger role for towns in determining need for affordable housing
(N.J./State)

... of substandard houses and apartments that exist in a municipality that are in need of rehabilitation and occupied by low- or moderate-income residents. The task force was chaired by former state senator ...

7. Most N.J. landlords comply with state on requested renter demographics
(N.J./State)

... must also furnish information concerning the degree of access they provide to persons with disabilities. At least 1.01 million New Jerseyans rent apartments in multiple unit buildings, according to the ...

8. Free speech victory for campaigning in Newark’s public housing
(N.J./State)

... political process as a result. After ACLU-NJ prodding, the housing authority confirmed that candidates can hold political events in apartments' community rooms, discuss campaign issues door-to-door with ...

9. Analysis finds suburban funding of N.J. affordable housing in cities was a failure
(N.J./State)

2,292 of 9,736 needed houses, apartments never built BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A new analysis of publicly available data on prior state-approved so-called Regional Contribution Agreements, ...

10. Bill declares half of N.J.’s 566 towns already meet affordable housing obligations
(N.J./State)

... mandates that housing developments in the other 50 percent set aside 20 percent of their houses and apartments as affordable housing. And that a zoning variance be granted for null housing developments, ...

11. Don’t miss these rising stars in ‘Calvin Berger’ at George Street Playhouse
(Entertainment/Movies)

... McLane will be designing the set. Here he has given us a wonderful two-level vision where the top level is the four apartments and the area below is merely a set of four doors such as one might find walking ...

12. Housing advocates ask court to stay Christie's order halting affordable housing activity
(N.J./State)

... has charged that Christie's order puts 45,000 potential affordable houses and apartments at risk. Last Tuesday, Christie signed an order that halts all work by COAH unless state Community Affairs Commissioner ...

13. First Amendment Rights
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... newspaper and local TV news did extensive coverage on the nasty living conditions at the apartments. This landlord is a multimillionaire, so bringing on a lawsuit to silence the Chairperson is nothing ...

14. Christie puts state's role in providing affordable housing on hold; housing advocates go to court in protest
(N.J./State)

... Fair Share Housing Center, said Christie's order puts 45,000 new houses and apartments at risk. "Christie's action mimics an early initiative by the McGreevey administration which became an embarrassing ...

15. Coles Brook: A hidden gem in New Jersey
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... the bend of the stream to see it flow into its next culvert, beneath the railroad tracks and under Johnson Avenue. On the other side of Johnson, I picked up the brook between a line of two-story apartments ...

16. Israel buying East Jerusalem land causing tension among Greek Orthodox Palestinians
(World/International)

... its Palestinian residents to build new housing units for Jewish settlers. The U.S. state department demanded that Ateret Cohanim cease its plans to build apartments on the site. "We believe that these ...

17. Burj Khalifa, world’s tallest building, opens in Dubai
(World/International)

... apartments, 49 floors of office space and an Armani hotel. Developers say 90 percent of the building has been sold.  ...

18. Work begins on turning Burlington County's Zurbrugg Mansion into senior apartments
(N.J./State)

Work has begun on the conversion of the historic Zurbrugg Mansion in Delanco into 25 affordable apartments for senior citizens. The state Department of Community Affairs has approved $2.05 million in ...

19. Low income families facing a tougher affordable housing market in U.S.
(U.S./Nation)

... grown, there is also an increase in vacant housing, including foreclosed homes as well as vacant upscale condominiums and apartments. So why don't the owners of the condos just lower their rents? "The ...

20. Cory Booker and Jon Bon Jovi rock the doors open to affordable housing project in Newark
(N.J./State)

... needs patients and the homeless. In fact, 25 percent of the apartments will have tenants who are living with AIDS, making the complex the first residential facility in New Jersey to provide permanent housing ...