Towns can indeed protect themselves from builders remedy suits. But it will take municipal, Administrative and Legislative leadership to stop sprawl and build affordable housing.
Development and Redevelopment
Affordable Housing and Sprawl
Friday, August 2nd, 2002McMansions Rise, Along With Overcrowding
Friday, July 12th, 2002Adequate housing isn’t simply a social issue, it’s an economic imperative. New Jersey cannot continue to grow its business base without offering workers an affordable place to live.
Urbanization Continues to Overrun Borders
Saturday, June 22nd, 2002The origins of our current system are from a time when municipalities could have sovereignty over their own territory; urbanization had not overrun borders.
NJ Housing Even Less Affordable
Friday, May 17th, 2002Finding housing that’s priced within your means is tough for all New Jerseyans. For low- and moderate-income workers in New Jersey, it can be impossible.
The Housing Hunt
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2002New Jersey Future urges the adoption of the growth share approach. Growth share alone will not supply all of the affordable housing New Jersey so desperately needs. But it is a step in the right direction that will help communities better manage sprawling development as they provide much needed housing for New Jersey workers and families.
Building Stronger Communities by Tax Sharing
Thursday, September 20th, 2001TAXES AND SHARING
New Jersey’s property tax rates vary widely by community, but with a common pattern: Communities with the largest needs and least ability to pay consistently bear the highest tax rates, while communities boasting the lowest tax rates include our most affluent towns.
The 24 communities with the highest property tax rates (3.5 percent […]
Grade-A Idea Gets A Pass From New Jersey
Friday, August 31st, 2001Community Schools
With school doors set to open, America’s school supply retailers expect to pass the $6 billion mark in sales for this year.
State leaders most likely will spend twice that – some $12 billion – on building and renovating New Jersey’s public schools.
This unprecedented investment offers a once-a-century opportunity to make a lasting investment in […]
No Borrowing, Just New Priorities, Could Fund Redevelopment
Friday, August 17th, 2001Billion-Dollar Priorities
The State announced August 9 that it will spend $1 billion to eliminate tolls on the Garden State Parkway in the next 10 years.
The State will spend another $1.5 billion next year in annual payments on the state debt.
Changing State priorities to “find” $1 billion to help rebuild New Jersey cities and […]
Increasing Mom’s Choice of Where To Live
Friday, May 11th, 2001Mothers In New Jersey
Hallmark alone offers a choice of 2,375 different Mother Day card designs this year.
Yet whether they are seniors or new to motherhood, New Jersey’s mothers (and their families) face a shrinking choice of where to live.
More than half of New Jersey’s communities (299) have expired plans, or no plans at […]
NJ Needs Stable Source of Funding for Redevelopment
Monday, April 30th, 2001Inadequate funding for public improvements to induce redevelopment is a major reason why many projects that would rejuvenate developed areas cannot go forward.
