Christie vetoes bill to restore help for homeless, wants people to prove hardship

TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie partially vetoed a bill Monday that would have permanently restored housing assistance to thousands of chronically homeless and disabled people who lost aid when the program expired last year.

Democratic lawmakers sponsored the bill in response to the state Department of Human Services’s announcement that two temporary emergency housing assistance programs would be phased out beginning last summer and would not be renewed. The programs serve people who are chronically ill and disabled and people who are taking care of a sick or disabled spouse or child.

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