Advocating for low-income clients, the Civil Justice Clinic addresses various civil cases, focusing on housing, family, consumer law, probate, bankruptcy, unemployment compensation, social security, SSI disability benefits, and other public benefits. Under faculty supervision, students actively engage in cases such as defending eviction actions, assisting tenants with repairs, litigating to recover security deposits, opposing illegal rent increases, and handling cases related to real estate, home repair, car repair, or purchase scams, divorce, custody, alimony, domestic violence, child support, and social security disability. Students undertake the entire legal process, including client interviews, negotiations, drafting legal documents, and conducting depositions and trials. Additionally, the clinic periodically undertakes broader law reform and impact advocacy initiatives on systemic issues within civil poverty law.

Provides a service available to people who are unable to make their mortgage payments and are at risk of losing their homes through foreclosure, or who are already in the foreclosure process. Counseling is also made available to renters that will guide them on how to approach discussions with their landlords on dealing with their rent situation.

Provides assistance on a wide variety of housing issues for Hoboken renters, including:- Which apartments are subject to local rent control laws- What is the legal base rent- What rent increases the law permits- Annual cost of living adjustments- Tax surcharges- Water/sewer surcharges- Capital improvement surcharges- Hardship increases- Vacancy decontrol- Annual registration requirements

Provides housing counseling services that include:- Advocates for affordable housing policy issues.- First time home buyer training and assistance- Foreclosure counseling- Housing information and referral- Housing purchase training (post purchase budgeting and assistance with applications)- Rental counseling (guide renters on how to approach discussions with their landlords on dealing with their rent situation)

Serves the interests of tenants, landlords, and the city by ensuring all housing standards and pricing are met in the community. The division accepts complaints in writing about unfair rent increases, and maintenance in services.

Housing Counseling is available to people who are unable to make their mortgage payments and at risk of losing their homes through foreclosure, or who are already in the foreclosure process. Counseling is also made available to renters that will guide them on how to approach discussions with their landlords on dealing with their rent situation.

Provides housing services including homebuyer education and counseling, fair housing counseling, mortgage assistance, foreclosure mediation, and mortgage counseling.

Housing Counseling is available to people who are unable to make their mortgage payments and at risk of losing their homes through foreclosure, or who are already in the foreclosure process. Counseling is also made available to renters that will guide them on how to approach discussions with their landlords on dealing with their rent situation.

Provides resources to prevent individuals or families facing eviction or threat of eviction from losing their housing - or required to find new housing - due to temporary financial problems. Financial assistance, such as full or partial rent payment, may be given to income - eligible clients who are being evicted. Other financial assistance includes security payments and advance rent deposits for new housing to resolve a homeless situation. Other services such as interpretation of tenant rights, referrals for legal services, and financial counseling are also offered to minimize future problems.

Provides multiple services to individuals and households at risk of homelessness. Programs range from housing and financial counseling to free legal services and survivor advocacy.

Provides information on housing, including discrimination in housing, tenant-landlord disputes, tenant-landlord rights, and Section 8 regulations to all residents of the coverage area.

Provides assistance to tenants who live in privately subsidized buildings regarding tenants rights.

Provides counseling to people who are unable to make their mortgage payments and at risk of losing their homes through foreclosure, or who are already in the foreclosure process. Counseling is also made available to renters that will guide them on how to approach discussions with their landlords on dealing with their rent situation.

Enforces Chapter 254 (Jersey City Property Maintenance Code), responds to tenant complaints, conducts annual field inspections, offers referral services for property owners requiring financial aid, performs heat and hot water inspections, maintains a 24-hour emergency heat & hot water hotline, and enforces the Vacant Buildings Registration Code.

Counseling is available to people who are unable to make their mortgage payments and at risk of losing their homes through foreclosure, or who are already in the foreclosure process. Counseling is also made available to renters that will guide them on how to approach discussions with their landlords on dealing with their rent situation.

Provides telephone counseling and training for landlords and tenants in reference to New Jersey housing laws. Clients are assisted with problems relating to eviction, security, maintenance, leases, etc.

Offers housing Counseling to people who are unable to make their mortgage payments and at risk of losing their homes through foreclosure, or who are already in the foreclosure process. Counseling is also made available to renters that will guide them on how to approach discussions with their landlords on dealing with their rent situation.