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In this Week's Edition
News
National News Updates
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Advocacy for HOME Funds
Sign on Opportunity
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Housing Gap Report 2026
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Governor Sherrill 2026 Budget Address
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Municipality Plans Data Center Over Housing
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Op-Ed: Permanent Supportive Housing
Path to Address Homelessness
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NJHMFA Updates
Maximum Attorney Service Fees
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Advocacy Alert
3% Increase for I/DD Services
& Behavioral Healthcare
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Preparing for Medicaid Work Requirements
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Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Survey
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Nominations Open New Jersey
Social Innovation Awards
Nominate by March 11th
Resources & Events
Protect Medicaid: State Revenue
Strategies for Aging & Disability Advocates
March 10, 2026
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DMHAS Integrated Care Training
March 11, 2026
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SAMHSA Webinar on Recovery Housing Funding
March 11, 2026
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NJCDD Public Meeting with Acting NJ DHS Commissioner, Dr. Stephen Cha
March 12, 2026
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A Community Approach to Immigration: The Rights & Responsibilities of Owners/agents, Residents, & Frontline Staff in Senior Housing
March 17, 2026
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NJ Division on Civil Rights Fair Chance in Housing Act
March 18, 2026
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Transform Your Financial Future: Webinar Series for People with Disabilities in NJ
March 25 - April 29, 2026
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From 0 to Breach:
Anatomy of a Cyberattack
March 26, 2026
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Enterprise Green Communities - Save the Date
April 13, 2026
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SHA Member Events
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Developers Meeting
March 9 | Virtual
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SHA Member Meeting
April 1, 2026
In-Person
Advocacy Meeting
to follow after member meeting in Trenton
Not yet a member?
Learn more here.
SHA members can email Joseph Christensen for member event details
and registration.
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SHA Members Housing Supports Program Provider Roundtable
Updated Time
March 17th | 1:30-2:30pm
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November 13, 2026
SHA 2026 Conference
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Community Events
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Capitol Hill Day, Wash D.C.
March 13, 2026
Email Arnold Cohen for details on HCDNNJ Hill Day.
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Save the Date
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NJACP Annual Conference
Learn more here.
March 12-13, 2026
Resorts Casino & Hotel
Atlantic City
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NJAMHAA Spring
Conference
Evolving Behavioral Health, Advancing Together
for 75 Years
April 14-15, 2026
Iselin, NJ
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LeadingAge NJ & DE
Changemakers Conference
June 16-18, 2026
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30th Annual Governor's Conference on Housing & Economic Development
September 29-30, 2026
Harrah's Resort
Atlantic City
| | SHA Job Board & Housing Opportunities | | |
The New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities (NJCDD) is honoring March as Developmental Disabilities Month and the launch of the We’re Here: Then, Now, Always campaign. The national campaign recognizes a simple truth: people with developmental disabilities have always been part of our communities—and always will be
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MHA received a $27,000 grant to purchase a new vehicle for their Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) program from the Essex County Division of Housing and Community Development and Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr.
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SHA Welcomes New &
Returning Members in 2026
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The following report has been shared from our partners at the Supportive Housing Network of New York (SHNNY)
On February 17, the Federal government filed a motion asking the US District Court of Rhode Island to dissolve the preliminary injunction in the two ongoing cases regarding the Continuum of Care (CoC). HUD expressed their desire to reopen the December 2025 Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the third and fourth quarters of this year’s funding cycle. On February 27, the Court denied this motion, asserting that the plaintiffs continue to face imminent, irreparable harm without the preliminary injunction and that the plaintiffs still have a strong likelihood of success in the case. On March 2, the Federal government appealed this decision, and has also asked the District Court to temporarily stay the preliminary injunction while the appeal is pending.
As the litigation moves through the court, the Continuum of Care provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2026 continue to be in effect. HUD must non-competitively renew all CoC contracts expiring in the first quarter of 2026. If HUD does not make awards by April 1st, they must non-competitively renew all contracts expiring in the second quarter. And if they do not make awards by July 1, they must non-competitively renew all contracts expiring in the third and fourth quarters.
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Senate Unveils Unified Bipartisan Housing Supply Bill, with Full Senate Vote Soon
Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Chair Tim Scott (R-SC) and Ranking Member Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) released on March 2 the “21st Century ROAD to Housing Act,” a unified, bipartisan housing supply package that includes 36 of the 40 provisions from both the Senate’s “ROAD to Housing Act” (S.2651), and six provisions from the House’s “Housing for the 21st Century Act” (H.R.6644).
Read a section-by-section summary of the “21st Century ROAD to Housing Act” here, and view full bill text here.
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FY26 HUD Income Limits Delayed
On February 4, HUD announced that it is delaying the publication of FY26 income limits until May 1. HUD typically publishes annual income limits in early April each year. The delay is largely due to last year's historic shutdown, which caused the Census Bureau to delay the release of the 2024 American Community Survey five-year data, which HUD uses to calculate income limits.
| | Advocacy for HOME Funds - Sign on Opportunity | | |
SHA has joined the HOME Coalition and signed a letter in support of funding for the HOME Investment Partnerships Program. Organizations are urged to to sign your organization onto the letter by Wednesday, March 11. Please pass along the sign on form to your contacts that are interested in urging Congress to fund the HOME program.
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The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) released its annual report, The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes. The report finds that the lowest-income renters in the U.S. face a shortage of 7.2 million affordable and available rental homes. Just 35 affordable and available homes exist for every 100 extremely low-income renter households. Eighty-seven percent of the lowest-income renter households are cost-burdened, spending more than 30% of their income on housing, and 74% face severe cost burdens, spending more than 50% of their income on housing costs. Click here for key data on New Jersey's standing in the report. No state or major metropolitan area has an adequate supply of affordable and available homes for extremely low-income renters.
| | Governor Sherrill 2026 Budget Address | | Governor Mikie Sherrill will deliver her Fiscal Year 2027 Budget Address in the Assembly Chamber at the New Jersey State House at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 10, 2026.It will be livestreamed on the Governor's official Facebook, Twitter/X, and YouTube pages. | | Municipality Plans Data Center Over Housing | | |
Fair Share Housing Center has formally challenged Montvale’s plan to build a data center in place of affordable housing, arguing that it violates the state’s Mount Laurel Doctrine and Fair Housing Act. Fair Share’s challenge also documents a wide range of additional deficiencies in their housing plan.
On February 10, the Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program rejected Montvale’s proposed settlement. The dispute over their housing plan will next be heard before a judge in late spring or summer. Click here to read a press release on the situation from Fair Share Housing Center.
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Op-Ed: Permanent Supportive Housing
Path to Address Homelessness
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Mark Hurwitz, former deputy commissioner at the New York City Department of Homeless Services during the Bloomberg administration writes this Op-Ed in The New York Times making the case for supportive housing amid the ongoing housing crisis.
Supportive permanent housing with on-site services — and without preconditions like sobriety — reliably stabilizes people with complex needs. Finland, Japan and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have already proven that when you build enough of these homes, chronic homelessness can fall to almost zero. New York City pioneered the supportive housing model in the 1980s and has built more than 32,000 units. But only about one in six applicants gets placed, because demand dwarfs supply.
For people who don’t require supportive housing, the city can help them pay their rent. Existing rental assistance programs are the city’s most effective tool for closing the affordability gap that drives housing instability.
| | NJHMFA Updates Maximum Attorney Service Fees | | |
Rule Adoptions
Notice of Administrative Changes
Maximum Attorney Services Fees
N.J.A.C. 5:80-31.3
Effective Date: January 1, 2026.
Take notice that the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (Agency), pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:80-31.3(f), has determined the annual increase in the overall Consumer Price Index for New York-Newark-Jersey City, as published by the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of September 30, 2025, to be 3.0 percent. Accordingly, the Agency is hereby changing, effective as of January 1, 2026, the maximum fees that can be paid from project funds for Agency-approved attorney services, as set forth at N.J.A.C. 5:80-31.3(a).
Click here for the full text of the Rule Adoptions.
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Advocacy Alert
3% Increase for I/DD Services & Behavioral Healthcare
| | SHA urges members, families, staff, and advocates to contact Governor Mikie Sherrill through SHA member NJACP's electronic link and urge her to include a 3% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) in New Jersey’s FY27 Budget. With rising inflation, escalating workforce costs, and the urgent need to expand capacity in our system, continued flat funding is not sustainable. Providers are being asked to do more with less — and the individuals and families served feel the impact. | | |
As Governor Sherrill puts the finishing touches on her Budget Address that will be delivered on Tuesday, March 10th and works on finalizing her FY2027 proposed budget in the coming weeks, now is the time for all NJAMHAA members to add their voice to highlight the critical need for increased behavioral health rates and contracts!
Join NJAMHAA in advocating for investing in New Jersey's behavioral healthcare.
| | Preparing for Medicaid Work Requirements | | |
Changes to Medicaid work requirements could put thousands at risk of losing Medicaid coverage, especially people experiencing homelessness or any kind of housing instability.
H.R.1 makes significant changes to Medicaid that will require states to adapt their programs to stay in compliance. New eligibility rules and administrative requirements are expected to push many people off Medicaid entirely.
Read this post from SHA member CSH to learn concrete steps agencies can take now to help people keep their Medicaid coverage.
| | Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Survey | | |
Nominations Open New Jersey Social Innovation Awards
Nominate by March 11th
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Protect Medicaid: State Revenue
Strategies for Aging & Disability Advocates
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Tuesday, March 10, 2026 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. ET
This webinar, Protect Medicaid: State Revenue Strategies for Aging and Disability Advocates, will include a discussion about what the H.R. 1 funding cuts mean for the programs older adults and people with disabilities rely on to meet their basic needs, and provide strategies for how advocates can engage with their states to protect them. Presenters will provide a high-level overview of state budget processes and revenue options and will share practical steps that aging and disability advocates and providers can take.
Click here to register for the webinar.
| | DMHAS Integrated Care Training | | |
March 11, 2026 | 1:00 p.m. ET
This month, attendees will hear from DMHAS Manager of Integrated Services, Vicki Fresolone, as she discusses integrating behavioral health and primary care live at 1 pm on Wednesday, 03/11/2026. Participants are eligible for 1 FREE NAADAC and NJ Certification Board-approved CE for full attendance to this event.
Click here to register for the training.
| | SAMHSA Webinar on Recovery Housing Funding | | |
March 11, 2026 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET
SAMHSA — in conjunction with the Center for Financing Reform and Innovation — will host a webinar presenting findings of a new report on how states can “overcome funding barriers and expand access to recovery housing — sober living environments that support individuals in recovery from substance use disorders through peer connection and community.” The webinar will include a panel discussion featuring representatives from SAMHSA, the National Alliance of Recovery Residences, the Recovery Resource Foundation, Westat and Oxford House.
Click here to register for the SAMHSA webinar.
| | NJCDD Public Meeting
with Acting NJ DHS Commissioner, Dr. Stephen Cha | | |
March 12, 2026 | 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM
Hybrid Event
SHA member, The New Jersey Council on Developmental Disabilities (NJCDD) Hybrid Public Meeting will be held on Thursday, March 12, 2026, from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm at the Hilton Garden Inn, 800 US Route 130 in Hamilton, NJ. Dr. Stephen Cha, Acting Commissioner for the New Jersey Department of Human Services (DHS) will attend and give remarks during the morning session.
To make a public comment (by Wed, March 11) or for in-person accommodations, language interpretation, and/or other accommodations (by Wed, Feb 25), please send your written public comments or accommodations to Jacinta.Williams@njcdd.org.
Click here to register for the NJCDD Public Meeting.
| | A Community Approach to Immigration: The Rights & Responsibilities of Owners/agents, Residents, & Frontline Staff in Senior Housing | | |
March 17, 2026 | 10:30 - 11:30 AM ET
With rapid changes in federal housing and immigration policies, understanding your legal rights and responsibilities is crucial. This webinar shared by SHA member LeadingAge New Jersey & Delaware and presented by the American Friends Service Committee focuses on best practices for navigating sensitive immigration & customs encounters. At the conclusion of their presentation, you will have the opportunity to raise questions.
Click here to register for the webinar.
| | NJ Division on Civil Rights Fair Chance in Housing Act | | |
March 18, 2026 | 09:30 AM - 11:00 AM ET
Today, nearly one-third of the adult working age population in the U.S. has a conviction record. Many of these people have been denied housing, though most pose no threat to their communities. New Jersey’s Fair Chance in Housing Act (FCHA) remedies this form of discrimination by establishing a fair process for consideration of conviction histories during the application process. Join us for this interactive training that will provide an overview of FCHA, including effective implementation strategies and model forms that can be utilized by housing providers. Participants will also explore how conviction record screenings have disproportionately impacted communities of color, and consider ways to create discrimination-free housing environments.
Click here to register for the webinar.
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Transform Your Financial Future:
Webinar Series for People with Disabilities in New Jersey
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Review of Benefits from
Social Security Admin.
Mar 25, 2026: 1pm-2pm ET
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Extra Costs Living with a Disability/Dispelling Myths
Apr 29, 2026: 1pm-2pm ET
| | From 0 to Breach: Anatomy of a Cyberattack | | |
March 26, 2026 | 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET
The Union League of Philadelphia
140 S Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102
SHA member Withum hosts a vital cybersecurity training you won't want to miss. Cyberattacks are evolving rapidly - preparation is everything. Understanding how these attacks unfold is critical for leaders, IT professionals and anyone responsible for protecting organizational data. In this free seminar, Withum will address the typical phases of a cyberattack, showing how threat-actors operate and what measures can help detect, prevent and respond to attempted compromises.
Click here to register for the in-person cybersecurity event.
| | Enterprise Green Communities at 20 - Save the Date | | |
Save the date for a special Earth Month event as SHA member Enterprise Community Partners mark the 20th anniversary of Enterprise Green Communities— and launch the latest edition of the only national green building program created by and for the affordable housing sector.
Monday, April 13, 2026 | 9:00 AM - 12:45 PM Eastern Time
National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.
In-person event | Livestream available
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