Division on Civil Rights Announces $22,500 Settlement inCase of Man Allegedly Denied Housing Over...
TRENTON - December 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Division on Civil Rights announced today that a Middlesex County apartment complex has agreed to pay a total of $22,500 to resolve allegations it discriminated against a potential tenant who intende...
Christie Administration Awards $400,000 Homelessness Prevention Grant to HomeFront
EWING - December 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of the Christie Administration’s Season of Service for citizens in need, Department of Banking and Insurance Acting Commissioner Ken Kobylowski today announced a $400,000 homeless prevention gra...
Menendez’s Senate Subcommittee Hearing Highlights Need for Storm Preparedness in NJ/NY Housing and Transit...
WASHINGTON, DC - December 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A day after Senate Republicans released an underfunded, piecemeal approach to Superstorm Sandy recovery, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today held a hearing of the Housing, Transportation, a...
Christie Administration Announces $400,000 Homelessness Prevention Grant as Part of Christie Administration’s Season of...
CAMDEN - December 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- As part of the Christie Administration's Season of Service, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa today visited Catholic Charities, Diocese in Camden, Inc. to announce a $400,000 grant for the agency's work...
Governor Christie Announces Federal Approval of Request for Reimbursement to Local Governments for Debris...
Trenton, NJ - December 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Acting to speed New Jersey’s recovery process and securing additional resources for local governments’ debris removal efforts, the Christie Administration today announced that the federal govern...
Christie Administration Announces Comprehensive Temporary Housing Assistance for Storm-Displaced Residents
Trenton, NJ - December 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In response to a housing need unlike any New Jersey has before encountered, the Christie Administration today expanded a multi-faceted housing strategy with the support of FEMA to provide additional...
Governor Kim Guadagno Announces $285,000 Grant to Support Salvation Army’s Perth Amboy Transitional Residence...
Trenton, NJ - December 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Continuing the Christie Administration’s Season of Service outreach to those in need, Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno today visited the Salvation Army Perth Amboy Corp to announce that the organization h...
Attorney General Chiesa Announces New Jersey Sign-On to National Letter Seeking to Extend Tax...
TRENTON - November 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced today that New Jersey has signed onto a national letter urging Congress to extend tax relief for consumers who have mortgage debt canceled or forgiven becaus...
Following “Undercover House” Initiative, New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs Cites 10 Unregistered Home...
NEWARK - November 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Chris Christie, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa and the State Division of Consumer Affairs are citing 10 unregistered home improvement contractors, and assessing civil penalties of $2,500 eac...
Christie Administration Announces That Department of Banking and Insurance Will Staff Mobile Offices Thursday...
Trenton, NJ - November 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- To assist consumers who have suffered property loss as a result of Hurricane Sandy, the Christie Administration announced today the Department of Banking and Insurance will have staff members availa...
Menendez Calls for the Immediate Suspension of Foreclosures & Evictions for All New Jersey...
WASHINGTON, DC - November 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today called on the New Jersey Attorney General to issue a moratorium that would suspend foreclosure sales and evictions, delay the initiation of any foreclos...
Christie Administration Reminds Consumers, Municipalities to be On Alert for Post-Sandy Home Repair Scams
Trenton, NJ - November 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Governor Chris Christie, Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa, and the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs today reminded consumers and municipalities to be on high alert for fly-by-night, unregist...
Christie Administration Takes Action to Protect Storm-Impacted New Jersey Homeowners from Higher Insurance Deductibles
Trenton, NJ - November 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Taking action to save homeowners money following Hurricane Sandy, Governor Chris Christie signed Executive Order 107, prohibiting insurance companies from imposing costly hurricane deductibles on New...
Menendez Underscores President’s Call To Help Responsible Homeowners
NEWARK - October 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, co-author with Senator Barbara Boxer of the Responsible Homeowner Refinancing Act, underscored the President’s call today for Republicans in Congress to join Democrats in p...
Menendez, Lautenberg Announce $100,000 to Improve Housing in Rural New Jersey
Washington, DC - October 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) today announced that Gloucester County and the Borough of Hopatcong will each receive $50,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (...
Lautenberg, Menendez Announce More Than $3.1 Million for Community Development, Affordable Housing in Trenton
Newark - October 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Frank R. Lautenberg today announced that the City of Trenton will receive more than $3.1 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Developme...
Lautenberg, Menendez Call State Failure to Help Homeowners Avoid Foreclosure Unconscionable
WASHINGTON, DC - October 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Robert Menendez and Frank R. Lautenberg, who fought for the more than $300 million in federal funding awarded to help New Jersey homeowners who lost their jobs avoid foreclosure, toda...
Lautenberg, Menendez Announce $1.1 Million for State Veterans’ Home in Paramus
NEWARK - October 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today announced $1,108,784 in federal funding for a construction project at the New Jersey Veterans’ Memorial Home in Paramus. The fun...
DOBI Offers Consumers a Guide to Understanding their Homeowners and Renter’s Insurance Policies
Trenton, NJ - October 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Recent disasters such as Tropical Storm Irene, the wildfires in southern New Jersey and the apartment building fire in Woodbridge all call attention to the vital role that homeowners and renter’s in...
Lautenberg, Menendez Announce More Than $23 Million for New Jersey Housing Programs
Washington - September 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) today announced that counties and municipalities across New Jersey will receive more than $23.2 million from the U.S. Department o...