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  • <p>This section includes resources for both renters and homeowners. Tenants: Learn about the rights and duties of landlords and tenants, including eviction, security deposits, leases, and more. Homeowners: View our resources about mortgages and learn how to save your home from foreclosure. Also see <a href="/legal-topics/housing/homelessness/pages/rental-assistance-programs-aspx">Rental Assistance Programs</a></p>

    Housing

  • <p>Learn about unemployment insurance, Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF), General Assistance (GA), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), disability benefits, veterans benefits, language assistance, and more.</p>

    Government Aid and Services

  • <p>Learn about the laws that affect your relationships, including child support, custody, name changes, adoptions, and more.</p>

    Family and Relationships

  • <p>Learn about services if you're the victim of a crime, identity theft, and more.</p>

    Victims of Crime

  • <p>Learn about unemployment and disability insurance, laws related to safety, discrimination, failure to get paid, family and medical leave, and more.</p>

    Jobs and Employment

  • <p>Learn about LGBTQIA+ legal rights and protections, resources, and general information.</p>

    LGBTQIA+

  • <p>Learn about tax issues affecting immigrants, jobs, and families; disability and earned income tax credits; tax liens, levies, and garnishments; homestead rebates; state and federal tax law procedures; and more.</p>

    Taxes

  • Learn about the rights of people with disabilities under the federal Americans with 
Disabilities Act (ADA) and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD), the rights of workers with disabilities, the rights of people with disabilities to have 
access to the courts, and more.

    Disability