Working for Smart Growth:
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Housing and Equity

New Jersey Future Receives Housing Award

Tuesday, May 7th, 2013

The Central Jersey Housing Resource Center honored New Jersey Future with its Outstanding Achievement in Affordable Housing Award.

Concern Expressed Over Lack of Planning Funds in Sandy Recovery Action Plan

Thursday, April 4th, 2013

Concerns over Gov. Christie’s Sandy Recovery Action Plan include insufficient funds for planning, too little assistance for low-income renters.

Forum Roundup: Creative Housing Solutions for Changing Demographics

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013

At this Redevelopment Forum session, speakers emphasized that changing demographics will mean municipalities will need to plan for changing housing needs.

Diane Sterner of Housing and Community Development Network To Receive Leadership Award

Monday, March 25th, 2013

The founding director of the Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey will receive this year’s Cary Edwards Leadership Award.

Smart Growth Awards 2013 Winners Announced

Monday, March 25th, 2013

Four innovative projects and three visionary plans comprise the list of winners of New Jersey Future’s 2013 Smart Growth Awards.

Forum Roundup: New Jersey’s Bleak Foreclosure Numbers

Monday, March 4th, 2013

Foreclosure filings start to slow in most of the country, but are still on rise in South Jersey.

Market Demand Drives Increase in Multifamily Building Permits in New Jersey

Wednesday, February 20th, 2013

The recent signs of recovery in New Jersey’s homebuilding industry can be traced in large part to a market-driven surge in building permits issued for multi-family construction.

Comprehensive Transit Inventory Allows for More Strategic Investment Decisions

Monday, September 24th, 2012

The transit station inventory provides policy makers, municipal officials and development professionals with a systematic way to identify the highest-potential opportunities for various kinds of development around transit stations.

Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit at a Crossroads

Thursday, June 28th, 2012

The Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit has proven to be a popular incentive to concentrate jobs and housing around transit hubs. It is approaching its funding cap, which provides a good opportunity to take stock and perhaps adjust. But it also raises important questions about how the state wants to apportion its economic development incentives going forward.

New Jersey Counties Show Dramatic Reversal in Population Growth Patterns

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

In the past three years, New Jersey’s county population growth patterns have shown a remarkable reversal from their previous trend toward outward-pushing sprawl development. The newest Census figures indicate a return to urban and inner-suburban counties, to more compact, walkable places.

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