07/16/2025

Navigating New Jersey’s REAL Rules

07/15/2025

When Water Holds Back Housing: What to Expect from New Jersey’s New State Fiscal Year 2026 Intended Use Plans

07/15/2025

Farewell Spotlight: Chris Sturm Retires After 23 Years of Championing a Better New Jersey

07/01/2025

Planning with Purpose: Beth Osborne Calls for Local Leadership and Smart Coalitions

06/30/2025

Building the Future: Actions to Achieve Great Homes and Neighborhoods in New Jersey and Beyond

06/30/2025

“A Historically High Level of Compliance:” New Jersey Towns Are Making Progress in Meeting Their Affordable Housing Targets

06/26/2025

The Road Ahead: Why Housing Trends Will Shape New Jersey’s Future

05/15/2025

More Home Choices for New Jersey: How Accessory Dwelling Units Can Help Solve Our Housing Shortage

03/17/2025

NJF Testimony on S1408 – Conversion of Commercial Properties to Mixed-Use Areas with Affordable Housing

03/13/2025

Designing Pedestrian-Friendly Spaces to Enhance Health and Accessibility for New Jersey’s Aging Population

01/29/2024

New Report Digs Deeper into Diversity in Morris and Monmouth Counties

07/20/2023

Promoting Integration at the Local Level

07/18/2023

The Changing Faces of New Jersey Developers

07/18/2023

Hinchliffe Stadium Opens New Opportunities for Paterson while Reconnecting to its Past

07/18/2023

Examining the Influence of 50 years of Hip Hop on Planning and Redevelopment

07/17/2023

Common Ground Emerges on Affordable Housing Solutions

05/17/2023

New Report Highlights Link Between Local Zoning and Housing Affordability

09/22/2022

New NJF Report Explores How to Promote Racial Integration in NJ Municipalities

07/11/2022

The Risk to Our Roofs: Considering and Harnessing the Climate-Housing Nexus

07/11/2022

The State of New Jersey’s Housing Market: We Need More

06/22/2022

Young People are Leaving New Jersey: Exploring Potential Explanatory Variables

05/20/2022

Community Design for All Ages: A New Sustainable Jersey Municipal Action

12/02/2021

From Planning With Purpose to Action for All Ages

06/25/2021

Municipal Approach to Racial and Economic Inclusion

06/25/2021

Web Mapping to Support Smart Equitable Cities in Community Planning

06/25/2021

Creating Aging-Friendly Communities Through Municipal Actions and Partnerships

06/25/2021

Two Homes, One Roof: Making NJ More Welcoming with ADUs

05/04/2021

A New Housing Model for New Jersey

02/15/2021

Helping towns design for all ages: New Jersey Future’s aging-friendly program is gaining momentum

02/11/2021

Older Homeowners in Car-Dependent Suburbs Face Difficulty Downsizing

01/15/2021

New Jersey Future Releases Guide to Implementing Aging-Friendly Land Use Decisions

11/10/2020

Visualizing an Aging-Friendly Built Environment for Implementation in Ridgewood Village

10/14/2020

The Geography of Poverty and Race in New Jersey

09/16/2020

The Black-White Homeownership Gap in New Jersey

08/11/2020

A Guide to Diversifying Housing Options for an Aging Population

05/05/2020

Aging-friendly housing options: A case study

03/11/2020

Smart Growth Gets Smarter

03/09/2020

The Best Is Yet To Come: New Jersey Future Helps Towns Become Great Places to Age

12/17/2019

Planning for Aging-Friendliness in Fair Lawn Borough

11/02/2019

Testimony on Economic Development Incentives

10/03/2019

Where are the lead service lines in New Jersey?

08/01/2019

Testimony on Stormwater Rule Proposal

07/03/2019

Testimony on S1742, S1768 and S1774

06/03/2019

Population Growth in Older Centers (but not all of them) Continues To Outstrip the Rest of the State

05/21/2019

Focus on Water for Infrastructure Week

05/17/2019

Lead water pipes threaten public health. Partial replacements could make it worse

05/03/2019

Job Growth Finally Following Population to Compact Centers

04/24/2019

New County Population Estimates: More of the Same Changes

04/22/2019

Are Millennials Leaving New Jersey Because Housing Costs Too Much?

04/17/2019

Comments on Proposed New C1 Stream Designations

03/22/2019

Comments on Executive Order 23 Draft Guidance

02/14/2019

Testimony on A2697-S1783

01/14/2019

New Jersey Future’s David Kutner To Receive Statewide Planning Award

01/09/2019

Report Gives New Jersey High Marks for Designating Opportunity Zones in Smart-Growth Locations

12/18/2018

Getting Sewage Off Our Streets and Out of Our Rivers

12/03/2018

EPA Announces $56 Million in Brownfields Grants for 2019

11/02/2018

A Better Way To Plan for Traffic Effects of New Development

10/23/2018

New Jersey Future Releases Action Plan for Trenton Transit Center Area

08/13/2018

Are the Suburbs Back? Depends On How You Define ‘Suburb’

05/25/2018

The March Toward Walkable Urbanism Continues

05/01/2018

New Jersey Future Resources Highlighted at National Planners Convention

04/10/2018

Opportunity Zones Take Another Step Forward

04/04/2018

How Do We Pay for New Jersey’s Aging Stormwater Infrastructure?

04/02/2018

A Competition Over Placemaking

03/30/2018

Maximizing the Impact of Public-Private Partnerships

03/29/2018

Making New Jersey’s Communities More Aging-Friendly

03/27/2018

Trends in Redevelopment Finance: Complexity and Change

03/26/2018

County Population Estimates: Return to the Urban Core Continues

03/20/2018

Millennials: What Do They Want?

03/16/2018

The New Leadership Is Local

02/06/2018

Workshop Highlights the Benefits of Green Infrastructure to Developers

12/12/2017

How the Fourth Regional Plan Could Affect New Jersey

11/30/2017

A Year One Clean Water Agenda for the New Governor

11/27/2017

Smart-Growth Policy Priorities Well Represented on Murphy Transition Team

10/18/2017

Symposium Addresses Dangers of Inaction on Climate Change

09/28/2017

Analysis: New Jersey Is Losing Its Millennials

09/19/2017

Gubernatorial Candidates on Key Issues Facing New Jersey

06/28/2017

Many States Making New Investments in Water Infrastructure

06/12/2017

Jersey Water Works Co-Sponsors New One Water Awards Program

05/26/2017

Census Numbers Confirm Renewed Growth in Urban Areas

05/23/2017

Report: Changes in Affordable Housing Tax Credit Criteria Move More People to High-Opportunity Areas

05/15/2017

Testimony on S2834 – Water Quality Accountability Act

04/12/2017

New Office Market Report: Transit Service Is Key

04/11/2017

What is the Value of Green Infrastructure? New Tools and Events Drill Down

04/10/2017

Forum Roundup: Reinforce Your Redevelopment Strategy With Good Data

04/05/2017

Forum Roundup: Making the Affordable Housing Numbers Work(able)

03/27/2017

Forum Roundup: Reimagining the Suburbs

03/23/2017

Guide Helps Unlock New Resources for Stormwater Management

03/20/2017

Forum Roundup: The Changing Downtown Retail Paradigm

03/10/2017

Recommendations for the Next Governor

01/26/2017

Remembering Caren Franzini

01/24/2017

Developers Convention To Address ‘Why Green Infrastructure?’

12/06/2016

Remembering Al Koeppe

11/16/2016

New Jersey Future Hosts National Gathering

11/14/2016

Art in the Capital City

09/28/2016

NJ Spotlight on Cities Looks Toward an Urban Agenda for New Jersey

07/28/2016

Jersey Water Works Membership Meeting: Collaboration Is the Key

06/24/2016

Design Professionals Walk Away With Practical Green Infrastructure Insights

05/25/2016

Three New Jersey Cities Selected To Accelerate Water Infrastructure Innovation

05/23/2016

Smart Growth Award-Winner Wesmont Station Opens

05/20/2016

Built-Out Places Account for Majority of State’s Population Growth Since 2008

05/18/2016

Forum Roundup: Green Bonds: Financing our Future

05/16/2016

Infrastructure Matters

05/13/2016

Fifteen Years of Smart Growth Success

04/27/2016

Jersey Water Works Releases 2016 Workplan

04/19/2016

Forum Roundup: The Triple-Bottom-Line Beauty of Green Infrastructure

04/18/2016

Demand for Transit Neighborhoods on the Rise

03/23/2016

Forum Roundup: Finding the Opportunities in Affordable Housing

03/15/2016

Design Competition Aims To Accelerate Water Infrastructure Innovation

02/23/2016

New Initiative Is Working To Mainstream Green Infrastructure

01/26/2016

Overcoming Developer Obstacles to Redevelopment

01/19/2016

New Jersey Future Trustee Inducted Into Business Hall of Fame

01/13/2016

Smart Growth in the Somerset Hills

12/15/2015

Conference Pinpoints Water as Defining Issue for Next Generation

12/15/2015

Introducing Jersey Water Works!

12/08/2015

Can New Jersey’s Older Residents Afford Their Housing?

11/10/2015

Report: Fiscal Implications of Development Patterns on Road Usage

11/03/2015

New Jersey Future Celebrates George Pruitt

10/27/2015

Are Towns in a Better Position to Make Long-Term Resiliency Decisions?

10/26/2015

NJ Spotlight on Cities: Successful Development Requires a Community’s Blessing

09/24/2015

Housing and Community Development Network Honors New Jersey Future With Community Partner Award

08/12/2015

Transportation, Housing Improvements Needed To Make New Jersey Towns More Aging-Friendly

07/30/2015

Can Somerset County Attract Millennials?

06/22/2015

New Study Shines a Light on Mixed-Income Housing Around New Jersey’s Transit Stations

06/18/2015

New Report Highlights National Trend: Corporations Are Investing Downtown

05/15/2015

NJ Transit Fare Increase: An Unfair Approach to Transportation Funding

05/04/2015

College Papers on Key New Jersey Policy Issues Win Statewide Academic Award

04/21/2015

New Jersey Future Joins National Infrastructure Week With Free Webinar May 14

04/10/2015

Forum Plenary: Impact Investing and Systems Thinking

03/30/2015

2015 Smart Growth Award Winners Announced

03/18/2015

Forum Keynote: Opportunities (and Challenges) for Great Change

03/17/2015

Release of Combined-Sewer Permits Should Trigger Generational Investments in Affected Communities

03/10/2015

COAH Decision Will Allow New Jersey To Move Forward With Fair Housing Process

02/06/2015

New Jersey Future Vulnerability Assessment Process To Be Presented at National Conference

01/27/2015

CNU President Is 2015 Forum Keynote Speaker

01/20/2015

Workshop Attendees Learn Innovative Approaches to Addressing Combined-Sewer Overflows

01/15/2015

Reinvesting in Urban Water Infrastructure through Combined Sewer Overflow Long Term Control Plans

12/19/2014

Plan Released for Third Round of Federal Sandy Funds

12/12/2014

New Jersey Lags Behind in Some Key Real Estate Trends

12/10/2014

Opinion: We Can’t Afford the Price We Pay for Cheap Water

11/19/2014

Downtown Revitalization Survey Shows Need for Towns To Be More Proactive

10/06/2014

Princeton Is First New Jersey Community To Earn WHO ‘Age-Friendly’ Designation

10/03/2014

Remembering John Sheridan

10/02/2014

Time To Make Some Noise

09/23/2014

New Jersey Future To Honor Trustee Henry A. Coleman

09/17/2014

Survey Will Help Identify Downtown Revitalization Needs

09/16/2014

Stormwater Utilities: A Tool for Managing Rainwater Runoff

09/11/2014

Sept. 15 Community Meeting Will Focus on Reopening of Downtown Trenton’s Assunpink Creek

09/04/2014

Creating a Voice for the Voiceless in a Changing Urban Climate

08/26/2014

Survey Will Help Sandy-Affected Towns Address Future Flood Risks

07/25/2014

New Draft COAH Rules Ignore Potential of Redevelopment

07/24/2014

Bell Labs Redevelopment a Sign of the Future

07/02/2014

Hopewell Becomes First Municipality in New Jersey To Adopt Complete Streets Ordinance

06/23/2014

Big Fixes for Water Infrastructure Will Mean Bigger Bills for Customers

06/05/2014

Innovation Districts: New Jersey Has the Right Ingredients

05/14/2014

Investing in Transit Is an Economic Incentive

05/06/2014

New Report Highlights State’s Water Infrastructure Crisis

04/24/2014

Highlands Development Regulations Not Responsible for Exurban Slowdown

04/17/2014

Forum Plenary: A Tale of Three Cities

04/10/2014

Forum Feature: Is Demolition Always the Best Option for Vacant Properties?

04/04/2014

New County Population Estimates: Older Places Continue Their Revival

04/01/2014

2014 Smart Growth Awards Announced

03/20/2014

Forum Feature: Giving Office Parks a New Lease on Life

03/20/2014

Forum Feature: Does Green Infrastructure Create Real Estate Value?

01/28/2014

Is Redevelopment the ‘New Normal?’

01/16/2014

Former New York City Economic Development Head To Deliver Redevelopment Forum Keynote

11/04/2013

Nominations Now Open for 2014 Smart Growth Awards

11/01/2013

Complete Streets: ‘A Rational Response to Irrational Thinking’

10/25/2013

Key Issues: Divergent Views on Jobs and the Economy

10/20/2013

Four Key Issues for New Jersey’s Future

10/16/2013

Somerset County’s Investment Framework Gets State Planning Commission Support

10/02/2013

Crowd-Mapping New Jersey’s Growth

09/18/2013

New Legislation Changes the Smart Growth Playing Field

09/10/2013

Five Ways Social Entrepreneurship Could Disrupt Traditional Planning and Development

08/05/2013

New Jersey Experience with Sandy Rebuilding Suggests Ways to Improve Federal Assistance

08/02/2013

Upward Economic Mobility Is a Land-Use Issue

07/22/2013

Somerset County Releases Study on Repurposing Under-Utilized Commercial Properties

07/19/2013

Memo to Municipalities: Get Creative and Flexible if You Want Those Office Parks Redeveloped

07/02/2013

Addressing the Growing Issue of Obsolete Office Parks

06/18/2013

Somerset County Forum Highlights Economic Competitiveness Needs

06/17/2013

Post-Sandy Resiliency Planning Assistance Grants Available

06/12/2013

Bill To Increase Aid to Sandy-Stricken Communities Introduced in Congress

05/07/2013

New Jersey Future Receives Housing Award

04/04/2013

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

04/04/2013

Forum Roundup: The Balancing Act Between Ports and Their Hosts

03/26/2013

Forum Roundup: Creative Housing Solutions for Changing Demographics

03/25/2013

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

03/25/2013

Smart Growth Awards 2013 Winners Announced

03/20/2013

Clock Is Ticking on Public Comment Period for Sandy Recovery Spending Plan

03/19/2013

New Jersey Future CDBG-DR comments

03/07/2013

Brownfields Bill BUILDs a Path to Neighborhood Revitalization

03/04/2013

Forum Roundup: New Jersey’s Bleak Foreclosure Numbers

03/04/2013

Forum Roundup: The Shaky State of Our Infrastructure

02/20/2013

Market Demand Drives Increase in Multifamily Building Permits in New Jersey

02/05/2013

HUD Secretary Donovan To Speak at Redevelopment Forum

01/31/2013

Somerset County Pioneers Local Application of State Strategic Plan Investment Criteria

01/02/2013

The Coming Boom in White Elephants

12/13/2012

Rebuilding a Resilient New Jersey Shore Conference Recap

12/10/2012

Poll Shows New Jersey Residents Strongly Support Regional Approach to Rebuilding After Sandy

09/24/2012

Comprehensive Transit Inventory Allows for More Strategic Investment Decisions

09/19/2012

Johnson & Johnson To Establish Innovation Centers

08/03/2012

New Jersey State Plan Update Back On Track

07/18/2012

Cities (Of All Sizes) Lead the State in Population Growth

06/28/2012

Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit at a Crossroads

06/12/2012

New Jersey Counties Show Dramatic Reversal in Population Growth Patterns

05/31/2012

Tangible Progress on Long-Awaited Sewer Service Area Updates

04/20/2012

Newark Is Apparently Not a City Either

04/18/2012

2012 Smart Growth Award Winners Announced

04/02/2012

New Jersey Future Hails Promise of State Strategic Plan

03/28/2012

State Officials: Redevelopment at the Heart of State Strategic Plan

03/05/2012

New Jersey Isn’t Capitalizing on Demand for Walkable Places

02/13/2012

Lieutenant Governor To Speak at Redevelopment Forum

01/26/2012

Does New Jersey Have Room to Grow?

01/19/2012

Christie Administration Must Commit to Updating Wastewater Plans

01/17/2012

Our Take on the State of the State Address

01/04/2012

Demand Grows for Smart-Growth Work Environments

12/01/2011

Census Data Show Population Growth Has Slowed Across New Jersey

12/01/2011

Planning Advocates Call For Amendments to Economic Development Bill

11/21/2011

North Jersey Receives $5 Million Federal Grant To Boost Growth Around Transit

11/14/2011

State Planning Commission Releases Draft Final State Plan for Public Hearings

11/02/2011

Planning Association Conference Includes Sessions on Current Smart-Growth Issues

10/19/2011

Christie Releases New State Strategic Plan

10/11/2011

New Jersey Residents Are Concerned About How the State Has Developed

09/29/2011

Menendez Focuses on TOD Funding in Updated Livable Communities Act

09/13/2011

Join us in Supporting the Federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities

09/01/2011

Zero-Vehicle Households and Transit

08/24/2011

Why Not Tier Solar Incentives to Encourage Advantageous Locations?

08/11/2011

Accommodating Growth in Mercer County

08/05/2011

Memo to HR: Want to Attract Top Young Talent in New Jersey? Move to the Cities

07/19/2011

New Jersey Cities Breathe Sigh of Relief

07/07/2011

Revision to Land Use Law Advances Smart Growth

06/17/2011

Amicus brief: Mount Laurel

06/17/2011

Bill That Undermines Tax Sharing Passes Committee

06/11/2011

Mutiny in the Meadowlands

06/07/2011

Urban Transit Hub Tax Credit Spurs Development Interest in Newark

06/03/2011

New Jersey Future Announces 10th Anniversary Smart Growth Award-Winners

05/23/2011

National Experts Advise the Christie Administration on State Strategic Planning

05/13/2011

Light Rail Extension to Support TOD in Jersey City

05/04/2011

Fear of School Kids Trumps Land-Use Planning in Robbinsville

04/26/2011

Why NJ Should Tie Business Incentives to Smart Growth

04/01/2011

NJ Towns to Compete in New Reality Show: “Ratable Wars”

03/16/2011

2011 Redevelopment Forum SUCCESS!

03/16/2011

Pittsburgh Offers Bold Model for Redevelopment

03/03/2011

Is Jersey City a Suburb? Joel Kotkin Thinks So.

03/02/2011

More than 500 registered – join us Friday!

02/28/2011

Sweeney: Glassboro to Camden line “will be included” in the Transportation Trust Fund

02/24/2011

Forum Puts Focus on Redevelopment

02/18/2011

Governor Vetoes Historic Property Reinvestment Act

02/16/2011

Pete Kasabach Discussing Transit-Oriented Development in Jersey City

02/15/2011

Fort Monmouth Redevelopment Taking Shape

02/14/2011

Another Nail in the McMansion Coffin?

02/08/2011

Downtown Revitalization Taking Hold in New Jersey’s Deep South

01/18/2011

BREAKING NEWS: Young People Don’t Want to Live Where Their Parents Did

01/14/2011

Historic Preservation Tax Credit Awaits Governor’s Signature

12/21/2010

2011 Redevelopment Forum

12/14/2010

NJ Future Testimony on Affordable Housing Bill

11/10/2010

What Role Should Stadiums Play in Urban Revitalization?

10/05/2010

Help Support the ARC Tunnel!

08/24/2010

Sustainable Communities: The Light at the End of the Tunnel

08/03/2010

NJ Future on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show

07/29/2010

Sprawl Not Yet a Thing of the Past

06/10/2010

New Jersey Future Statement on S1

06/02/2010

Trenton and Jersey City Receive HOPE VI grants from HUD

05/12/2010

Parking at NJ Transit Stations Can Generate More than Revenue

04/19/2010

“Unpredictability” Tops List of Impediments to Redevelopment According to Forum Attendees

04/16/2010

New Jersey Future Announces Smart Growth Award Winners for 2010

04/09/2010

Urban Centers on Rebound

03/25/2010

Demographic Changes May Mean Big Redevelopment Opportunities

02/18/2010

Market Forces Portend Shift From Sprawl to Redevelopment

01/28/2010

2010 Redevelopment Forum Sponsorships

12/04/2009

Smart Growth in Transition-Part III: Urban Revitalization

10/09/2009

New Jersey Future on WNYC

10/08/2009

Where and How is New Jersey Growing?

10/05/2009

Statement from New Jersey Future on State Planning Act

09/27/2009

Room with a View

06/01/2009

Seven Innovative Projects Win Smart Growth Awards

03/04/2009

Redevelopment Offers Antidote to Sprawl

02/18/2009

Agreement on Waterfront Plan Buoys Redevelopment in Trenton

02/04/2009

Redevelopment Offers Towns Opportunity

01/15/2009

NJ Can Brighten its Future by Stretching Stimulus Dollars

12/17/2008

Smart Housing Incentives Legislation Introduced

05/15/2008

Report Outlines Agenda for Urban Transformation

04/04/2008

Fighting Climate Change Starts at Home

03/06/2008

Redevelopment: A Blueprint for Sustainability

12/19/2007

A Fresh Look at Affordable Housing

12/07/2007

Brownfields: Urban Blight or Redevelopment Opportunity?

11/20/2007

NJ Still Has Room to Grow. But Where…and How?

09/18/2007

Updated Census Numbers Deliver Mixed Message to NJ

07/27/2007

In Search of a Balance between Property Rights and Redevelopment

03/15/2007

COAH Ruling Ignores today’s Affordable Housing Needs

02/20/2007

Redevelopment on the Rise

01/31/2007

RCA’s: More Harm Than Good?

09/29/2006

Nowhere to Live

05/16/2006

Gas Prices and Smart Growth

04/21/2006

Prosperity at Risk

03/17/2006

Catalysts for Urban Change

03/06/2006

New Jersey’s Five-Year Plan

01/31/2006

Sprawling Migration Patterns

10/31/2005

Open Space Ballots

10/21/2005

The Gubernatorial Race

07/29/2005

Urban Turnaround

05/31/2005

Land Use and Equity

04/29/2005

Voters: Give Use Redevelopment

04/15/2005

Eminent Domain and Redevelopment

03/04/2005

Pacesetters in Historic Preservation

01/28/2005

Family Unfriendly towns

01/07/2005

The Governor’s Priorities

12/12/2004

TDR Nears Home Stretch

10/08/2004

Concentrating Poverty

09/20/2004

Uncovering the Real Need for Affordable Housing

07/20/2004

Mixed Use and Smart Downtowns

01/30/2004

Making Redevelopment Easier

07/31/2003

State Misses Lead in Affordable Housing

06/20/2003

Report: Few Escape Negative Impacts of Sprawl

06/05/2003

A Housing Dilemma

05/16/2003

Market Needs Vs. Housing Choice

03/21/2003

Impact Fees and Sprawl

02/28/2003

Finding Room for 1 Million New Residents

08/02/2002

Affordable Housing and Sprawl

05/17/2002

NJ Housing Even Less Affordable

01/23/2002

The Housing Hunt

05/11/2001

Increasing Mom’s Choice of Where To Live

04/30/2001

NJ Needs Stable Source of Funding for Redevelopment

01/10/2001

Property Taxes Drive Urban Distress and Sprawl

12/22/2000

Where Do We Go From Here?

12/08/2000

NJ’s Dirty Secret – Not Enough Housing Affordable To NJ’s Workers

11/27/2000

New Housing

11/08/2000

The Maryland Approach

11/01/2023

The future of housing in New Jersey