The state could also ensure that all new development generates affordable housing automatically by including “growth share” as a part of the state’s new housing policy.
Development and Redevelopment
State Misses Lead in Affordable Housing
Thursday, July 31st, 2003Report: Few Escape Negative Impacts of Sprawl
Friday, June 20th, 2003New Jersey’s current pattern of growth creates negative consequences for all municipalities, not just our older urban areas.
A Housing Dilemma
Thursday, June 5th, 2003More than half of New Jersey’s affordable housing is offered in only 12 communities: Newark, Jersey City, Camden, Trenton, Atlantic City, Paterson, Hoboken, East Orange, Elizabeth, West New York, Orange and North Bergen. Nearly half of all municipalities (256) list no affordable units at all.
Market Needs Vs. Housing Choice
Friday, May 16th, 2003Smart growth restore choices that sprawl-inducing zoning has taken away, by drawing public funding, private investment and jobs back into cities, older suburbs and rural communities, and providing a range of housing and transportation choices that can’t be matched by any sprawling suburban community.
Impact Fees and Sprawl
Friday, March 21st, 2003To promote smarter growth, impact fees should be used to impede growth where it is not desired, consistent with the state’s blueprint for smart growth, the State Development and Redevelopment Plan.
Finding Room for 1 Million New Residents
Friday, February 28th, 2003There is no denying redevelopment’s enormous potential for accommodating new residents and businesses without taking away open lands.
Saving on Gas By Design
Thursday, February 13th, 2003Smart growth means growing our communities in a way that restores travel options not available in sprawling development. It means less traffic on our roads, less gas in our tanks – and a higher quality of life.
State Budgets and Spending For Development
Friday, January 31st, 2003Smart growth – and smart budgeting – means encouraging development where infrastructure already exists or can be easily extended, to maximize the investments we’ve already made in our communities and homes, and to spare our open lands.
Vacant Housing Tells Sprawl Story, Too
Friday, January 17th, 2003High home vacancies, failing schools and neglected infrastructure in many older communities are all testament to the consequences of sprawling development, which pulls needed investment, jobs and residents from existing communities, speeding their decline; and making sprawling development seem the only logical choice.
New Jersey’s Labor Force
Friday, August 30th, 2002Highly paid, highly educated knowledge-based workers value quality of life when deciding where to work, and where to live. Their preference for urban amenities, from public transit and entertainment to vital downtowns, are fueling the resurgence of New Jersey’s older cities and smaller towns, from Hoboken and South Orange to portions of Newark and New Brunswick.
