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.
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.
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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.
The city and the Asbury Park Housing Authority have had big plans for Lincoln Village and a neighboring vacant lot commonly known as “Home Plate” for over a year now, with little work to show for it. But now officials are hopeful to start construction by next summer.
Ongoing legal battles over affordable housing requirements are taking place in municipalities around New Jersey, but new expectations for development that state officials will hand out in a few months could trigger additional backlash — and reshape neighborhoods for years to come.
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