New Jersey legislators, residents, and housing advocates will hold a rally tomorrow, May 7 at 11 a.m., to urge elected officials in the Garden State to protect the NJ Affordable Housing Trust Fund from a raid proposed in the FY22 budget. The proposal diverts $57 million legally intended to create affordable homes for low- and moderate-income families into other programs, some for higher-income families. The proposal comes just two years after the Murphy administration, working closely with housing advocates, kept his 2017 campaign promise to end a decade of Trust Fund raids.

WHO: The Housing and Community Development Network of NJ, community developers, and housing advocates, including representatives from Garden State Episcopal CDC, NJ Institute for Social Justice, Paterson Habitat for Humanity, Region 9 Housing Corporation, Parkside Business & Community in Partnership, and the Affordable Housing Alliance. The rally will also include personal stories from impacted residents who have benefited from living in affordable homes.

State legislators include: Sen. Vin Gopal (LD-11), Sen. Nellie Pou (LD-35), Assembly Housing Committee Chair Asm. Benjie Wimberly (LD-35), Assembly Community Development and Affairs Committee Chair Asw. Shavonda Sumter (LD-35), Assembly Community Development and Affairs Committee Vice Chair Asw. Britnee Timberlake (LD-34), Asw. Mila Jasey (LD-27), and Asw. Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (LD-15).

WHERE: Event will be held via Zoom at https://tinyurl.com/AHTFRallyNJ

WHEN: Friday, May 7

TIME: 11 a.m. to noon.