Given that Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs) are built into the structure of the New Jersey Economic Recovery Act, which was signed into law in January 2021, it is no longer a question of if they will happen, but when they will happen. This is what Kelvin Boddy, Director of Healthy Homes and Communities at the […]
Development and Redevelopment
Community Benefits Agreements: Understanding the New Requirement and How to Create a Win-Win
Friday, June 25th, 2021Two Homes, One Roof: Making NJ More Welcoming with ADUs
Friday, June 25th, 2021Accessory dwelling units (ADUs) are an often overlooked and underutilized solution to the affordable housing shortage we face in New Jersey and across the Northeast. At the 2021 New Jersey Planning & Redevelopment Conference, a session entitled Two Homes, One Roof: Making NJ More Welcoming with ADUs discussed the importance of ADUs and their potential as a strategy for increasing the state’s housing options.
New Stormwater Rules Require New Developments to Include Green Infrastructure
Friday, March 5th, 2021New public and private sector developments in New Jersey must now include the use of green infrastructure as a stormwater management technique starting March 2, 2021.
Where Do New Jersey’s Property Tax Bills Hit the Hardest?
Monday, February 15th, 2021Recently-released property tax data from the Department of Community Affairs have reminded us once again that New Jerseyans pay a lot in property taxes. Indeed, New Jersey residents pay the highest property tax bills in the country.
Helping towns design for all ages: New Jersey Future’s aging-friendly program is gaining momentum
Monday, February 15th, 2021A summary of milestones recently achieved by a number of towns New Jersey Future is working with to implement aging-friendly land use goals.
Older Homeowners in Car-Dependent Suburbs Face Difficulty Downsizing
Thursday, February 11th, 2021Older adults in New Jersey looking to sell their homes—most of which are single-family detached houses—as younger generations continue to prefer smaller homes in walkable communities.
New Jersey Future Releases Guide to Implementing Aging-Friendly Land Use Decisions
Friday, January 15th, 2021New Jersey Future, with funding from The Henry and Marilyn Taub Foundation, developed Creating Great Places to Age in New Jersey: A Community Guide to Implementing Aging-Friendly Land Use Decisions to provide local communities with a step-by-step process to design their towns for the needs of older adults.
Visualizing an Aging-Friendly Built Environment for Implementation in Ridgewood Village
Tuesday, November 10th, 2020New Jersey Future partnered with the Village of Ridgewood to develop an aging-friendly land use implementation plan, and now a graduate design studio class at the Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University is helping to move it along.
The Geography of Poverty and Race in New Jersey
Wednesday, October 14th, 2020Despite New Jersey’s urban resurgence in the years since the Great Recession, and despite concerns about gentrification expressed in popular media, high-poverty neighborhoods have not gone away.
