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Matthew Hersh of the Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey discusses housing policy under the new administration.
Matthew Hersh, Vice President of Policy & Advocacy - Responsible for leading the Network’s policy, advocacy and community engagement efforts. A long-time journalist and policy and nonprofit communications professional, Matthew previously served as senior editor at Shelterforce Magazine, a publication of the National Housing Institute, which focuses on federal, state, and local affordable housing policy as well as community development and community organizing. He has worked extensively with several local chapters of Habitat for Humanity, New Jersey Clean Communities, the Newark Trust for Education, New Jersey Audubon, and more. Matthew is a member of the Highland Park Borough Council, as well as a member of the Highland Park Affordable Housing Corporation. As a member of the Borough Council, he worked with the NJ Alliance for Immigrant Justice and the New Jersey ACLU to lead the Borough’s “Inclusive Communities” policies to assure protections for undocumented residents. He is also a member of the board of trustees of the Highland Park Educational Foundation, which makes small grants to the Highland Park Public Schools.
Presented in Partnership with Housing Initiatives of Princeton.
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