Staci Berger

A new campaign called 'HouseNJ' will urge Congress to include Build Back Better housing funds in any budget reconciliation that may be developed.

As the pandemic winds down, lawmakers pass legislation to protect tenants when the eviction moratorium ends, and give them and small landlords financial assistance

New Jersey didn't need a global pandemic for folks to realize their struggles with the cost of housing.

A report projects New Jersey could see two years worth of evictions in four months. Removals are on hold until two months after the health emergency ends.

Three-month mortgage forbearance limited to those directly impacted economically by COVID-19, with eligibility decided by lenders on a case-by-case basis.

With nearly 100 ideas across 13 areas, the “Thriving Cities” report lays out an ambitious and often interconnected revitalization strategy for the state.

Foreclosures remain a significant problem, though not the crisis of a few years ago, and lawmakers and the courts are advancing ideas to address the issue.

The Legislature restored $15 million in affordable housing funds in the new budget that Gov. Phil Murphy planned to divert.

As much as $78 million in funds are at stake, if the fund diversions that began a decade ago continue. Murphy said as a candidate they'd stop.

Racial discrimination in lending was banned decades ago, but African Americans and Latinos in New Jersey and across the country continue to be denied conventional mortgage loans at rates far higher than whites, an analysis of housing data shows.