The rising costs of housing in New Jersey are affecting everyone, especially individuals and households at the lower end of the income spectrum. New Jersey’s unique Mount Laurel doctrine is meant to address the need for housing for lower-income households, but it also indirectly has a major effect on the supply of market-rate multi-family units in the process.
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New Jersey’s Housing Landscape: The Mount Laurel Doctrine and the Search for the Missing Middle
Wednesday, July 17th, 2024New Report Highlights Link Between Local Zoning and Housing Affordability
Wednesday, May 17th, 2023New Jersey is experiencing a housing affordability crisis, one that hits lower-income households particularly hard. But New Jersey has a unique set of laws requiring local governments to zone for affordable housing, and a new report demonstrates that these laws work when enforced.