The Journey to Community Housing with Supports

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THE JOURNEY TO COMMUNITY HOUSING WITH SUPPORTS

The Federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program provides tax incentives to housing developers to establish affordable rental units for people who meet established income criteria. Subsidized or affordable housing is available within these complexes. New tax credit funded housing projects publicize their application process in local newspapers. Existing housing complexes maintain waiting lists to fill vacancies. HUD maintains an inventory of tax credit housing at WWWHUDUSERORG$!4!3%43LIHTCHTML . People interested in obtaining affordable housing within one of these complexes can locate such housing in the towns where they want to live and apply. In addition, further opportunities to find rental housing are described as follows. !FFORDABLE(OUSING&UNDED BY4AX#REDITS

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HOUSING RESOURCE CENTER (HRC) The New Jersey Housing Resource Center (HRC), located on the web at WWW.*(2#GOV is a free service for people searching for affordable housing and property owners looking to lease housing. The HRC website, created by the NJ Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA), provides a central location for people to search for accessible and affordable housing that is for rent or sale in New Jersey. People without Internet access may call the bilingual toll-free number 877.428.8844 for help in using this service. SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CONNECTION (SHC) The Supportive Housing Connection is a partnership between the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA) and the New Jersey Department of Human Services (DHS), formed to administer DHS rental subsidies to individuals served by DHS. This entity provides unit referrals, administers DHS rental subsidies, inspects rental units and responds to inquiries regarding disputes with property owners. For more information visit WWWNJHOUSING GOVDCAHMFARENTALSSHCINDEXHTML or WWWSTATENJUS HUMANSERVICESPROVIDERSHOUSING .

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