New York City is going to greater lengths to give homeless families homes.

New York City has decided to countersue Newark over a new ordinance it implemented that effectively blocks NYC’s Special One-Time Assistance (SOTA) program.

According to a CBS report, the program allowed homeless people in New York City to relocate to New Jersey without revealing where they had been placed.

Before the ordinance, New York City paid for one year’s worth of rent to landlords in New Jersey. New York City officials say 34 families that were going to be placed in New Jersey through the SOTA program are now unable to move because of New Jersey’s three-week-old ordinance.

The countersuit exposed that some of the Newark homes that were being lived in were uninhabitable. Some houses were infested with roaches and pests, while others had dilapidated walls and unstable infrastructure.

Now, according to the recently imposed Newark law, housing officials must inspect a home before it’s rented and subsidized rent vouchers for more than one month will be banned, which also makes the yearly up-front SOTA payment null.

CBS reports that New York City officials have described this as unconstitutional and discriminatory against those who have low-income.

The penalty for violating Newark’s Ordinance can range from $250 to $1000 or up to 90 days in jail.