Jersey City and Newark joined the federal program, House America, in 2021 to help address the nation’s homelessness crisis.
A homeless man sleeps on the stoop of St. Lucy's Church on Grove Street in Jersey City on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020.Jersey City and Newark — two cities with some of the highest percentages of homeless people in the state — are exceeding their goals to create more affordable housing under a federal program to target chronic homelessness, officials said.
Both cities joined in on an “all hands-on deck” effort to address the nation’s homelessness crisis through House America, a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development program launched in September 2021. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation.
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