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Former NJ Councilman Lied About Income To Keep $92-A-Month Section 8 Apartment, State Charges Former NJ Councilman Lied About Income To Keep $92-A-Month Section 8 Apartment, State Charges
Former NJ Councilman Lied About Income To Keep $92-a-month Section 8 Apartment, State Charges An embattled former South Jersey councilman under-reported his income so he could keep a federally subsidized Section 8 apartment, state authorities charged. An investigation began after Penns Grove Gardens sought to evict Carl Washington Jr. for subletting to a tenant arrested at the apartment for drugs, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said Tuesday. Investigators from Bruck’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability Corruption Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Office of Inspector General learned that Washington “falsely reported his i…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ: Bergenfield Housing Complex Manager Broke Civil Rights Law Rejecting Apartment Applicant NJ: Bergenfield Housing Complex Manager Broke Civil Rights Law Rejecting Apartment Applicant
NJ: Bergenfield Housing Complex Manager Broke Civil Rights Law Rejecting Apartment Applicant The manager of a Bergenfield housing complex rejected a potential tenant who planned to pay rent with federal Section 8 housing assistance, violating New Jersey's civil rights law, state authorities charged. Tower Management Service – manager of the Ivy Lane Apartments in Bergenfield – “wrongfully rejected the would-be tenant for not meeting a minimum income requirement” by recognizing the federal contribution, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Tuesday. The prospective tenant would have been responsible for covering no more than $386 of his overall monthly rent of $995, while the…

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by Jerry DeMarco