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  1. State Planning Act, N.J.S.A. 52:18A-196 (2006).; Fair Housing Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301 (2008).
  2. The term “variety and choice of housing” was coined by the New Jersey Supreme Court in Mount Laurel I. “A developing municipality…must make realistically possible…a variety and choice of housing for all categories of people who may desire to live there, including those of low and moderate income; it must permit multifamily housing, without bedroom…restrictions, as well as small dwellings on very small lots…to meet the full panoply of these needs.” South Burlington County NAACP v. Township of Mount Laurel, 336 A.2d 713.
  3. RealtyTrac, “New Jersey Real Estate Trends and Market Info,” June 2017.
  4. National Low Income Housing Coalition, “Out of Reach 2017,” June 8, 2017.
  5. Make Room Campaign, “New Jersey Has Second Highest Level of Renter Households Paying Unaffordable Rent in the U.S., Make Room Analysis Finds,” June 1, 2015.
  6. National Low Income Housing Coalition, “The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes,” March 2017.
  7. National Low Income Housing Coalition, “Out of Reach 2017: New Jersey.”
  8. United Way of Northern New Jersey, “ALICE—Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed: New Jersey 2016 Update,” Fall 2016.
  9. Erin Petenko, “New Jersey Tops Nation in Number of Millennials Living with their Parents,” NJ Advance Media, September 15, 2016.
  10. John Reitmeyer, “Warning: New Jersey in Midst of Millennial Outmigration,” NJ Spotlight, February 16, 2016.
  11. John Hasse, John Reiser, Alexander Pichacz, “Evidence of Persistent Exclusionary Effects of Land Use Policy within Historic and Projected Development Patterns in New Jersey: A Case Study of Monmouth and Somerset Counties,” Rowan University Geospatial Research Laboratory, June 2011.
  12. University of Michigan, Population Studies Center Institute for Social Research Analysis of 2010 Census Decennial Census tract data.
  13. John Hasse, “Final Harvest in the Garden State: New Jersey’s Struggle with Suburban Sprawl,” in Earthcare: An Anthology in Environmental Ethics, eds. David Clowney and Patricia Mosto, Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009).
  14. Alan Karcher, “New Jersey’s Multiple Municipal Madness,” Rutgers University Press, 1998.
  15. Tim Evans, “Chasing Their Tails: Municipal ‘Ratables Chase’ Doesn’t Necessarily Pay,” New Jersey Future, July 2010.
  16. Brian McKenzie, “Out-of-State and Long Commutes: 2011,” American Community Survey Reports, February 2013.
  17. Melanie A. Rapino, Brian McKenzie, Matthew Marlay, “Research on Commuting Expenditures and Geographic Adjustments in the Supplemental Poverty Measure,” U.S. Census Bureau, August 2, 2011.
  18. New Jersey Transit: Train Map.
  19. Scott Gurian, “How Many New Jersey Homes Were Seriously Damaged by Superstorm Sandy?” NJ Spotlight, November 18, 2015.
  20. Keith Wardrip, Laura Williams, and Suzanne Hague, “The Role of Affordable Housing in Creating Jobs and Stimulating Local Economic Development: A Review of the Literature,” Center for Housing Policy, January 2011.
  21. Alan E. Simon, Andrew Fenelin, Veronica Helms, Patricia C. Lloyd, and Lauren M. Rossen, “HUD Housing Assistance Associated with Lower Uninsurance Rates and Unmet Medical Need,” Health Affairs, June 2017. Veronica E. Helms, Jon Sperling, Barry L. Steffen, “A Health Picture of HUD-Assisted Adults, 2006-2012,” Office of Policy Development and Research, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, March 2017.
  22. MacArthur Foundation, “How Housing Matters: Policy Research Brief,” July 2014.
  23. Children’s Health Watch, “Behind Closed Doors: The hidden health impacts of being behind on rent,” January 2011. National Housing Conference and Children’s Health Watch, “Housing as a Health Care Investment,” March 2016.
  24. MacArthur Foundation, “How Housing Matters: Policy Research Brief,” September 2013.
  25. National Association of Home Builders, “The Economic Impact of Home Building in a Typical Local Area,” April 2015.
  26. Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey, “Stronger Together: The $12 Billion Impact of Community Development Corporations in New Jersey,” December 2014.
  27. Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey: “Special Needs Housing Trust Fund Fact Sheet.”
  28. Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey: “Build a Thriving New Jersey.”
  29. Caren Chesler, “Chris Christie’s Loud, Expensive, and Very Controversial Urban Agenda,” Next City, April 6, 2015.
  30. Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey: “Build a Thriving New Jersey.”
  31. Ibid.
  32. Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey, “Getting More Resources to Meet New Jersey’s Housing Need,” May 5, 2016.
  33. Jonathan Salant, “How N.J.’s Drop in its Homeless Population Compares to Other States,” NJ Advance Media, November 17, 2016.
  34. National Low Income Housing Coalition, “2017 State Housing Profile,” June 14, 2017.
  35. Caren Chesler, “Chris Christie’s Loud, Expensive and Very Controversial Urban Agenda,” April 6, 2015.
  36. New Jersey Department of Community Affairs: Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program.
  37. HUD Exchange, “Rapid Re-Housing Brief,” July 2014.
  38. U.S. Census Bureau: Quick Facts Data.
  39. Greg Flaxman, John Kuscera, Gary Orfield, Jennifer Ayscue and Genevieve Siegel-Hawley. “A Status Quo of Segregation: Racial and Economic Imbalance in New Jersey Schools, 1989-2010,” October 11, 2013.
  40. U.S. Census Bureau 2015 American Community Survey, American Factfinder.
  41. Paul Tractenberg, Gary Orfield, and Greg Flaxman, “New Jersey’s Apartheid and Intensely Segregated Urban Schools: Powerful Evidence of an Inefficient and Unconstitutional State Education System,” Institute on Education Law and Policy, Rutgers University—Newark, October 2013.
  42. John Hasse, John Reiser, Alexander Pichacz, “Evidence of Persistent Exclusionary Effects of Land Use Policy within Historic and Projected Development Patterns in New Jersey: A Case Study of Monmouth and Somerset Counties,” Rowan University Geospatial Research Laboratory, June 2011.
  43. Southern Burlington County NAACP v. Mount Laurel Township, 67 N.J. 151 (1975).; Southern Burlington County NAACP v. Township of Mount Laurel, 92 N.J. 158 (1983).
  44. Linda Ocasio, “Mount Laurel Affordable Housing Decision Made Dreams Come True,” The Star-Ledger, April 22, 2012.
  45. David N. Kinsey, “New Jersey Low and Moderate Income Housing Obligations for 1999-2025 Calculated Using the NJ COAH Prior Round (1987-1999) Methodology,” Fair Share Housing Center, revised July 2015.
  46. Katherine Landergan, “In Monumental Housing Decision, Supreme Court Rules Towns Must Account for ‘Gap Period,’ with Exception,” Politico New Jersey, January 18, 2017. 22 CROSSROADS NJ Housing and Land Use
  47. HUD Exchange: Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Final Rule.
  48. “Legislation Introduced to Nullify HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Rule,” National Housing & Rehabilitation Association, March 1, 2017.
  49. Jake Blumgart, “Fair Housing Still Has a Chance Under Trump,” Slate, March 14, 2017.
  50. New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, “State of New Jersey FY2015-2019 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice.”
  51. New Jersey Administrative Office of the Courts: New Jersey Judiciary Court Management, June 2016.
  52. Payton Guion and Shannon Mullen, “Renter Hell Investigation,” Asbury Park Press, January 5, 2017.
  53. Matthew Desmond, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, 2016.
  54. Written statement of Steven Banks, commissioner of New York City Department of Social Services, on “HRA and DHS Fiscal Year 2018 Executive Budget” before the New York City Council Finance Committee and General Welfare Committee, May 15, 2017,
  55. CoreLogic, “National Foreclosure Report,” December 2016.
  56. Mirasha Brown, “Foreclosure Rate Declines, Economic Activity Rises,” DSNews, February 14, 2017.
  57. RealtyTrac, “New Jersey Real Estate Trends and Market Info,” June 2017.
  58. New Jersey Judiciary: Foreclosure Mediation Program FAQ, July 2017.
  59. Michael McKeever, “Pennsylvania Mortgage Foreclosure Diversion Program Benefits Servicers,” HousingWire, December 13, 2013.
  60. State of New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency: “New Jersey’s Hardest Hit Fund.”
  61. Joe Tyrrell, “Sen. Menendez Takes on ‘Zombie Foreclosures’,” NJ Spotlight, June 27, 2016.
  62. Joel Rose, “Ever Since the Great Recession, Zombie Houses Have Haunted New Jersey,” WNYC, August 18, 2015.
  63. Craig McCarthy, “Here’s How Many Vacant Homes There Are in Each NJ County,” NJ.com, February 13, 2016.
  64. New Jersey State Planning Commission: New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan – Executive Summary, adopted March 1, 2001, p 47-48.
  65. Ibid, p 44-45.
  66. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Office of Science: “Damage Assessment Report on the Effects of Hurricane Sandy on the State of New Jersey’s Natural Resources,” May 2015. 23 CROSSROADS NJ Housing and Land Use
  67. New York City Mayor’s Office of Recovery and Resiliency: “One New York: The Plan for a Strong and Just City,” 2015.
  68. Madina Toure, “DeBlasio Calls on Mayors to ‘Push a Little Harder’ on Climate Change,” Observer, July 24, 2017.
  69. City of New York: “A Stronger, More Resilient New York,” June 11, 2013.
  70. Federal Emergency Management Agency: “FEMA P-942, Mitigation Assessment Team Report: Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey and New York,” November 2013.
  71. U.S. Geological Survey: “Circular 1390: Meeting the Science Needs of the Nation in the Wake of Hurricane Sandy—A U.S. Geological Survey Science Plan for Support of Restoration and Recovery,” July 2013.
  72. New Jersey State Planning Commission: New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan – Executive Summary, adopted March 1, 2001.
  73. Nielsen, “Millennials Prefer Cities to Suburbs, Subways to Driveways,” March 4, 2014.
  74. Colleen O’Dea, “Interactive Map: NJ’s ‘Boomburbs’ Shrink; Counties Closer to NYC Thrive,” NJ Spotlight, May 20, 2016.
  75. Carla Astudillo, “Four Big Ways That New Jersey’s Demographics Are Changing,” NJ Advance Media, December 10, 2016.
  76. Stephen Stirling, “See How NJ’s Population Is Undergoing a Seismic Shift,” NJ Advance Media, October 3, 2014.
  77. Ibid.
  78. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: “Smart Growth and Climate Change.”

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