How much affordable housing is enough? Where should affordable housing be built? Who should pay for affordable housing?
Development and Redevelopment
Smart Growth in Transition – Part IV: Affordable Housing
Thursday, December 17th, 2009Smart Growth in Transition-Part III: Urban Revitalization
Friday, December 4th, 2009Revitalizing New Jersey’s cities is a primary goal of the State Development and Redevelopment Plan. Yet in the two decades that have passed since the State Plan was adopted, many cities and towns have continued to exhibit signs of socioeconomic distress.
Study Confirms Need to Put Teeth Behind State Smart Growth Plans
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009A new study titled, “Managing Growth With Priority Funding Areas: A Good Idea Whose Time Has Yet to Come” highlights Maryland’s efforts at creating priority funding areas to incentivize smart growth land development decisions. The study shows that voluntary incentives alone are not enough to curb sprawl and direct growth. While New Jersey’s […]
What People Think About State Planning in New Jersey
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009On October 16, 2009 more than 300 people — lawyers, planners, policy makers, environmentalists, developers and citizens — attended a day-long conference at Princeton University co-hosted by New Jersey Future and the Policy Research Institute for the Region titled Where Are We Growing: Planning for New Jersey’s Next 20 Years. After a day of examining […]
Gubernatorial Candidates Weigh In on Smart Growth
Thursday, October 15th, 2009Candidates Corzine, Christie and Daggett offer many similarities and some nuanced differences in their approaches to promoting smart growth.
Letter to Gubernatorial Candidates
Thursday, October 15th, 2009
Photo Source: Star Ledger
Sixteen environmental, planning and housing organizations have come together to endorse a policy agenda for creating a prosperous New Jersey through better land and water policies.
New Jersey Future on WNYC
Friday, October 9th, 2009New Jersey Future Executive Director Peter Kasabach was a guest on WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show yesterday, discussing the issue of affordable housing in New Jersey. The full program can be heard here.
Where and How is New Jersey Growing?
Thursday, October 8th, 2009New Jersey’s eight urban centers, as designated in the State Development and Redevelopment Plan, reversed course and resumed growing in the 1990s.
Statement from New Jersey Future on State Planning Act
Monday, October 5th, 2009Last week, New Jersey Future released the following statement regarding proposed updates to the State Planning Act:
Friends of New Jersey Future,
New Jersey Future is pleased that a considerable amount of attention is being paid this fall to the State Planning Act and the State Development and Redevelopment Plan. As those of you who subscribe to […]
Regional Impact, Local Decision
Sunday, September 27th, 2009Eatontown, NJ
Land-use issues, by their nature, tend to arouse conflict—especially in a state as densely developed as New Jersey. The farmer wants to sell his land to a developer, but the neighbors want it kept as open space. The town wants to zone a parcel of land for offices, but the board of education wants […]
