
Measures include abolishing the defunct Council on Affordable Housing

Measures include abolishing the defunct Council on Affordable Housing
Amanda BrownSen. Troy Singleton’s package of bills ‘will generate far more heat than light, more confusion than closure for housing advocates, slowing the sometime march toward ...
NJ Spotlight NewsThe bill package remakes requirements on cities and town, replaces Council on Affordable Housing
(NJ Spotlight News)Senate committee advances new version of lame-duck bill

A bill that would overhaul the system advances in Senate committee

The measure would effectively abolish the Council on Affordable Housing

Housing advocates question reasons for the lawsuit

An NJ Spotlight forum focuses on the quest to make progress on the decadeslong battle of building affordable housing in the Garden State.

Republican Minority Leader Assemblyman Jon Bramnick is pushing for the Legislature to come up with a fix to the state's affordable housing mandate. Bramnick also ...

The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that municipalities are responsible for making up for affordable housing need incurred from 1999 to 2015, when the Council ...

The school funding fight. If Christie's "Fairness Formula" cuts taxes for the rich and education for the poor, do lawmakers have a better fix? Trump ...

According to the Fair Share Housing Network, New Jersey, over the next ten years, has a need for over 200,000 homes that are affordable to ...

The November third election won't just fill assembly seats. It'll help determine whether decrepit roads and bridges get replaced. Will those you elect fund the ...

The Syrian refugee crisis: New Jersey's congressional leaders measure the consequences of welcoming our share and tackling the cause of the humanitarian crisis. Preparing for ...

New Jersey offers incentives to towns who build Affordable Housing units for people in need. Bergen United Way President Tom Toronto says the state will ...

A split vote puts Chris Cerf at the helm of Newark schools. But, one state Board of Ed member calls it a "major mistake" and ...

There are long waiting lists for people to get into affordable housing units in New Jersey and some say the rules for municipalities to provide ...

A court strips Christie of control over affordable housing. Citizens sound off about a tightened budget. Reconsidering security for DYFS workers after a shocking attack. ...

The state Supreme Court put decision-making about affordable housing back in the hands of trial judges instead of leaving it up to the Council on ...

Blistering criticism of Newark's school reformer. Bridging the gap between cops and kids of color. An interfaith effort to shelter the homeless. And traumatic brain ...