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Newark ribbon-cutting for renters turned homeowners

Clip: 11/29/2022 | 4m 43sVideo has Closed Captions

Recipients were chosen from a lottery among thousands of eligible residents

Less than a quarter of Newark residents own their home. City officials have steadily been working to turn that tide, using a program that helps low-income renters become first-generation homeowners without all the usual hefty costs. The Newark Land Bank Section 8 Homeownership Conversion Program takes formerly blighted properties and transforms them into homes.

11/29/2022

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