City of Orange Township COVID-19
Joint Orange Housing Taskforce

OFFICIAL INFORMATION NOTICE

Adrienne Wooten – Clifford Ross – Coram J. Rimes, Jr.
INFORMATION LINE:  973-518-3360

DEAR ORANGE RESIDENTS:

We hope that your and your family are well protected against the COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic.  We came together to give information relating to concerns about our community’s general health and welfare.  This volunteer task force will monitor policies related to COVID-19.  Many of us are dealing with economic and housing challenges due to conditions created to stop the spread of the virus.  As housing advocates, we want to alert you to the relief measures that were adopted to minimize the hurt to our community.

The following Executive Orders and Legal Notices have been issued by the New Jersey Governor, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the President of the United States and PSE&G.  These Executive Orders and Legal Notices provide temporary relief from:

Evictions; Certain Foreclosure Cases; Certain Mortgage Payments; Certain Utility Payments.

Please view the Executive Orders and Legal Notices online for full details.  We have summarized them below for your convenience.

• U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON, DC 20410-8000
  60 DAY MORATORIUMASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSING – FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER
  Date:  March 18, 2020
  Mortgagee Letter 2020-A
  Properties secured by FHA-insured Single Family mortgages are sbject to a moratorium on foreclosure for a period of 60 days.
• EVICTIONS MORATORIUM
  STATE OF NEW JERSEY
  Governor Phil Murphy
  Executive Order Number 106
  PHILIP D. MURPHY, ORDERED AND DIRECTED:
  1. Any tenant or homeowner or any other person shall not be removed from a residential property as the result of an eviction or foreclosure proceeding… enforcements of all judgements for possession, warrants of removal, and writs of possession shall be stayed while this Order is in effect…
• FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY
  60 DAY MORATORIUM
  News Release – 3/18/2020
  FHFA Suspends Foreclosures and Evictions for Enterprise-Backed Mortgages
  Today… the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has directed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) to suspend foreclosures and evictions for at least 60 days due to the coronavirus national emergency.
• FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY
  EVICTIONS SUSPENDED
  News Release – 3/23/2020
  FHFA Moves to Provide Eviction Suspension Relief for Renters in Multifamily Properties
  Today, to keep renters in multifamily properties in their home and to support multifamily property owners during the coronavirus national emergency, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is announcing that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises) will offer multifamily property owners mortgage forbearance with the condition that they suspend all evictions for renters unable to pay rent due to the impact of coronavirus.
• PSEG
  SHUTOFFS SUSPENDED
  NEWARK, N.J. – March 13, 2020
  “In the interest of protecting public health, PSEG is temporarily suspending shut-offs to residential customers for non-payment…through end of April”

Yours in Service,
Adrienne K Wooten
Councilwoman- At-Large
Liaison to Orange Housing Authority

Be Well and Stay Safe,
Clifford Ross
Vice-Chairman, Orange Housing Authority
HUD Certified

Kindest Regards,
Coram J. Rimes, JR.
Housing Authority Commissioner
HUD Certified

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Please keep safe and remember
to practice social distancing