Vote Set tonight at 6 PM
The Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders will be voting tonight to establish the Hudson County Homeless Trust Fund. The vote will take place at 6 PM in the Hudson County Board of Chosen Freeholders Chambers, 567 Pavonia Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306. We encourage our members, allies and friends who live or work in Hudson County for this important vote.
Although Hudson will be the sixth county to establish a Trust Fund, three years ago on January 25, 2007, they were the first county to endorse the concept. Hudson County Executive Thomas A. DeGise called on the state “to create a statewide system of County-based Trust Funds to prevent and end homelessness. Governor, if your priority is reducing the cost of services in the name of property tax reform, here is a great way to do just that. And best of all it is the right thing to do.”
Without this strong support by Mr. DeGise and the Hudson County Freeholders the vote on Thursday would not be possible.
The five other counties that have established a trust fund are: Passaic, Union, Middlesex , Bergen and Somerset.
The Trust Fund Act allows counties to create and fund their own programs to end homelessness. The trust funds will provide some of the additional funds necessary to move homeless or formerly homeless individuals toward the goal of permanent affordable housing and self-sufficiency.
Click on the map on the right to view our interactive map that tracks progress in adopting the Trust Fund.
A county is allowed to collect the small sum of $3 for each document that must be filed by law with the county and they have to have developed their own plan to end homelessness that the money will support. The legislation permits counties to establish the funds. It does not require them to establish one.
