New Jersey is opening its statewide waitlist Tuesday for Section 8 vouchers, a federally funded program that allows low-income families to spend roughly a third of their paychecks on housing expenses, ...

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New Jersey's federally subsidized Section 8 voucher program is now accepting pre-applications online. The state Department of Community Affairs, which administers the program, said 20,000 people will ...

The New Jersey Division of Civil Rights has reached a settlement in four alleged housing discrimination cases against a local real estate agency. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said the ...

When Tonya Wood filed a discrimination complaint with the state Division on Civil Rights in August, she thought it would be a quick and clear-cut case. She had recorded a Woodbridge landlord rejecting ...

Only 20,000 New Jersey residents of the more than 141,000 who applied will be placed on a waitlist for federally funded Section 8 housing vouchers. The Department of Community Affairs said individuals ...

Numerous Jersey City landlords and brokers illegally discriminated against prospective renters using government-subsidized vouchers, a new lawsuit alleges. The complaint, filed by nonprofit watchdog ...

If you tune into a dystopian movie from the 1970s, the underlying theme you’ll likely see is rampant homelessness and squalid living conditions. We’re almost done with the first quarter of the 21st ...