Here’s what NJ housing advocates would do
New Jersey advocates call for stronger affordable housing policies, emphasizing the need for increased funding, better zoning laws, and community support.
New Jersey advocates call for stronger affordable housing policies, emphasizing the need for increased funding, better zoning laws, and community support.
A wealthy NJ town was denied a request to postpone its affordable housing development.
A New Jersey town has committed to building over 1,500 new affordable housing units over the next decade, aiming to address housing shortages.
South Brunswick has become the first town to meet new affordable housing obligations for the next decade, reaching a significant settlement for development.
New Jersey’s rule mandates cities to increase housing development to address the housing shortage.
Nine NJ towns are suing the state over a new affordable housing law, arguing it imposes unrealistic mandates and undermines local control.
The developer behind Harlow, the high-end Hoboken residential building with Trader Joe’s on the ground floor, has been in litigation for more than a decade over exclusively renting market rate units at the property without establishing any as affordable.
Princeton of Public and International Affairs
From coast to coast, the United States is grappling with an unprecedented housing affordability crisis. Today, millions of families are teetering on the edge, wondering how they will keep a roof over their heads. An entire generation of young people worry they may never be able to afford a home. And as housing and rental prices rise faster than incomes, young and elderly Americans alike have been pushed to the brink of homelessness.
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