The Fair Share Housing Center and the Housing and Community Development Network ofNew Jersey said data obtained from the [Gov. Chris] Christie administration through a lawsuit show that only about $263 million in disaster relief — about 24 percent — received by the state last spring had been distributed. A state spokesman said Tuesday thatNew Jerseyhad distributed more than a third of the money.
The housing agencies, which work to create affordable housing forNew Jersey residents, found that of the$780 millionthat had been set aside specifically for homeowners, $117 million, or about 15 percent, had been distributed, and that of $330 million allocated for renter programs, $158 million, or 48 percent, had been dispersed.
Read the entire story for Jacqueline L. Urgo of The Philadelphia Inquirer HERE.
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