Contact Info

  • phone(201) 547-6910
  • fax(201) 547-5104
  • 4 Jackson Square (aka 39 Kearney Ave)
    Jersey City, NJ 07305

    Deja Anderson, Director

  • Directions

OUR SERVICES


The City of Jersey City provides many services for its residents. Learn about the CDBG Home Improvement Program, the Golden Neighborhoods Homeownership Program, and the Relocation program on this page.

To connect with the community organizations that we fund, visit Our Partners.

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CDBG Home Improvement Program (CDBG-HIP)
The CDBG Home Improvement Program (CDBG-HIP) is administered by the Division of Community Development (DCD). This program provides grant funds to eligible low/moderate income homeowners for needed repair and rehabilitation of owner-occupied homes. This program has income eligibility guidelines.
Golden Neighborhoods Homeownership Program (GNHP)

The Golden Neighborhoods Homeownership Program provides increased opportunities for low and moderate-income families to purchase their first home in Jersey City. This program provides down payment and closing costs assistance for eligible first-time homebuyers, alleviating a major financial impediment of buying a home.
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Relocation 

The Relocation Assistance program provides assistance for tenants that have been displaced from their residence due to the following circumstances: building, housing or health code enforcement activities, accidental fire not caused by the tenant, government acquisition, code enforcement rehabilitation, and the “g” provisions under the Residential Eviction Law (P.L. 1993, c. 342). To apply, please contact the Relocation Assistance Team directly at (201) 547-4871.
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Affordable Housing Resource

NOTE: If you are looking for the Division of Affordable Housing, please call (201) 547-5169 or email [email protected]

The Division of Community Development is committed to preserving and expanding affordable housing opportunities in Jersey City. The City does not directly rent or sell housing to the public. We work with private and nonprofit developers and their affiliates to create and market affordable housing. We also administer the HOME and Affordable Housing Trust Fund programs.

If you are interested in purchasing a home for the first time and are of low or moderate income, contact the Golden Neighborhoods Homeownership Program.

You can locate affordable housing in Jersey City through the following methods linked below.
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Emergency Shelter

IMPORTANT: If you need immediate assistance, call 211 (alternate phone number: 1 (800) 435-7555) or Hudson County's Homeless Hotline at 1 (800) 624-0287.

If you are homeless in Jersey City, before doing anything else you should contact Garden State Episcopal's Hudson CASA Coordinated Entry Program at (201) 604-2600 ext.0.

You can also visit Hudson CASA Coordinated Entry's drop-in site at 514 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306. They are open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. After 4 p.m., contact a shelter directly.

The Division of Community Development supports the preservation of short- and long-term facilities and services for persons who are homeless. We administer the Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) programs. The City of Jersey City also serves as the Vice Chair to the Continuum of Care (CoC), also known as the Hudson County Alliance to End Homelessness.

If you have been displaced from your home by a fire or code violation, contact our Relocation Assistance program.

The following services are available for people experiencing or facing homelessness in the link below.
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