{"id":3902,"date":"2026-04-29T18:25:25","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T18:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/?post_type=event&#038;p=3902"},"modified":"2026-05-29T16:02:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T16:02:47","slug":"building-homes-building-local-economies-how-njs-affordable-housing-law-is-strengthening-local-communities","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/es\/event\/building-homes-building-local-economies-how-njs-affordable-housing-law-is-strengthening-local-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Homes, Building Local Economies: How NJ\u2019s Affordable Housing Law is Strengthening Local Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On May 28th 2026, we examined the implementation of New Jersey\u2019s landmark new affordable housing law, highlighting how more municipalities than ever are moving forward with plans to create affordable homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The discussion examined how the law is working on the ground, with a focus on innovative redevelopment strategies that are revitalizing communities and strengthening local economies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We heard from the following speakers:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rev. Eric Dobson (moderator)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adam Gordon, Executive Director, Fair Share Housing Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jacquelyn Suarez, Commissioner, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mia Sacks, Councilmember, Princeton<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Heather Cooper, Deputy Mayor, Evesham Township<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event will give policymakers, media, and advocates a clear understanding of the strong housing plans municipalities are advancing \u2014 and why New Jersey\u2019s approach is emerging as a national model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Building Homes Building Local Economies:How NJ&#039;s Affordable Housing Law is Strengthening Communities\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YzqicAkuapc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3905,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3902","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-past-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/3902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/3902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fairsharehousing.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}