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Fifty Years After Mount Laurel, Is Affordable Housing Finally Gaining Ground in New Jersey?
Local politics seem to be shifting in the Garden State. More towns have submitted plans to show how they will provide their ‘fair share’ of affordable housing than in the past, and the state has a new way to work with municipalities that push back against their housing obligations.
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In New Jersey, Pivotal Affordable Housing Decision Turns 50
The Mount Laurel Doctrine is credited with helping to create 75,000 affordable homes in New Jersey. But, of course, it hasn’t been a simple panacea either.
Court Decision Paves Way for Affordable Housing Revival in NJ
“Moribund.” That’s the term New Jersey’s Supreme Court used when referring to the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) in its unanimous decision to strip the government agency of its authority […]
Learning From Mount Laurel
In the suburb whose exclusive zoning led to New Jersey’s fair share affordable housing law, new research explores what the affordable housing finally built there has meant to the town, and to the people who have gotten to move there.
The (Not So) Sudden Push Against New Jersey’s Fair Share Affordable Housing Policy
Pressure has been building for a long time against the red tape and inflexibility of the agency that implements New Jersey’s landmark fair share housing policy. Can the spirit of Mount Laurel survive the backlash against the details?
The Betrayal of Mount Laurel
New Jersey has been seen as a leader for its efforts to create suburban affordable housing opportunities. But that may now be coming to an end.