On Thursday, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson announced $472 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to help low-income families during the ongoing pandemic.

New Jersey will receive an allocation of $18,544,475.

This funding can be used by Public Housing Authorities to help families assisted by housing choice vouchers (HCV) and mainstream vouchers prevent, prepare for and respond to COVID-19. The funding will be awarded to public housing authorities across the nation.

“This funding will provide additional resources to public housing authorities to make sure people have a decent, safe, and affordable place to call home,” said Carson. “HUD continues to work with our public housing authorities to protect American families from this invisible enemy, including vulnerable residents in the Housing Choice Voucher Program.”

The eligible pandemic-related activities include, but are not limited to:

• Procuring cleaning supplies and/or services to maintain safe and sanitary HCV units, including common areas of PHA-owned project based voucher (PBV) projects;
• Relocation of participating families to health units or other designated units for testing, hospitalization, or quarantine, or transportation to these locations to limit the exposure that could be caused by using mass transportation;
• Additional costs to supportive services vendors incurred due to COVID-19;
• Costs to retain or increase owner participation in the HCV Program;
• Costs for providing childcare for the children of PHA staff that would not have otherwise been incurred

New Jersey allocations are as follows:

Atlantic County

Housing Authority and Urban Redevelopment Age: $187,639
Pleasantville Housing Authority: $94,656

Bergen County

Housing Authority of the Borough of Lodi: $119,739
Englewood Housing Authority: $208,444
Bergen County Housing Authority: $967,987
Cliffside Park Housing Authority: $180,129
Fort Lee Housing Authority: $130,208
Edgewater Housing Authority: $174,866

Camden County

Housing Authority of the City of Camden: $358,343
Borough of Clementon Housing Authority: $11,416
Township of Pennsauken Housing: $13,832

Cumberland County

Bridgeton Housing Authority: $31,327
Millville Housing Authority: $38,359
Vineland Housing Authority: $152,134

Essex County

Newark Housing Authority: $1,334,993
Housing Authority of the City of Orange: $152,056
Irvington Housing Authority: $60,035
East Orange Housing Authority: $349,586
Montclair Housing Authority: $54,269
Bloomfield Township Housing Authority: $56,365
West Orange Housing Authority: $25,431

Gloucester County

Glassboro Housing Authority: $56,421
Gloucester County Housing Authority: $353,218

Hudson County

North Bergen Housing Authority: $74,516
Housing Authority City of Jersey City: $857,232
Bayonne Housing Authority: $56,167
Hoboken Housing Authority: $34,461
Union City Housing Authority: $143,868
West New York Housing Authority: $214,870
Guttenberg Housing Authority: $38,936
Weehawken Housing Authority: $76,530
Secaucus Housing Authority: $111,885

Hunterdon County

Hunterdon County Division of Housing: $113,026

Mercer County

Hamilton Township Housing Authority: $44,046
State of NJ Department of Community Affairs: $ 5,865,949

Middlesex County

Perth Amboy Housing Authority: $330,232
New Brunswick Housing Authority: $212,204
Woodbridge Housing Authority: $227,741
South Amboy Housing Authority: $27,652
Edison Housing Authority: $79,198
Highland Park Housing Authority: $62,287
Carteret Housing Authority: $159,740
Sayreville Housing Authority: $45,909
Old Bridge Housing Authority: $52,890
Middlesex County: $103,093

Monmouth County

Asbury Park Housing Authority: $73,065
Long Branch Housing Authority: $185,905
Red Bank Housing Authority: $52,302
Neptune Housing Authority: $59,925
Keansburg Housing Authority: $80,688
Housing Authority of the Township of Middletown: $90,411
Monmouth County PHA: $410,108

Morris County

Morristown Housing Authority: $36,178
Boonton Housing Authority: $41,161
Dover Housing Authority: $59,774
Morris County Housing Authority: $165,372
Madison Housing Authority: $124,004

Ocean County

Housing Authority of the Township of Lakewood: $269,305
Berkeley Housing Authority: $23,655
Brick Housing Authority: $101,187
Lakewood Township Residential Assistance Program: $267,098

Passaic County

Housing Authority of the City of Passaic: $450,768
Paterson Housing Authority: $652,994
Clifton Housing Authority: $59,063
Passaic County Public Housing Agency: $215,964

Salem County

Salem Housing Authority: $6,367
Penns Grove Housing Authority: $7,244

Somerset County

Franklin Housing Authority: $59,332
Somerville Housing Authority: $44,834
Manville Housing Authority: $20,942

Union County

Elizabeth Housing Authority: $273,505
Rahway Housing Authority: $52,433
Plainfield Housing Authority: $200,355
Housing Authority City of Linden: $80,485
Union Township Housing Authority: $27,003
Union County Housing Authority: $92,545

Warren County

Phillipsburg DCD: $52,958
Warren County Housing Authority: $163,660