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NJ Sets New Affordable Housing Quotas: Check Your Town's Numbers
Municipalities across New Jersey must add or rehabilitate approximately 146,000 affordable housing units by 2035. Last week, the Department of Community Affairs released non-binding calculations for every town across the Garden State by a new law requiring each town to meet a specific obligation. You can click here to see the numbers in your town (page 20). The list includes two sets of numbers: "Present Need" and "Prospective Need." Present Need refers to renovating existing substandard units while Prospective Need refers to the number of new units that each municipality must create. Whi…
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Bringing Affordable Housing To NJ Just Got Easier: Are You For Or Against It? (
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New Jersey is hoping to become a national leader for affordable housing. Last week, Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a bill making it easier for municipalities to get funding to build more affordable housing and track its progress in meeting its benchmarks, under the Mount Laurel affordable housing doctrine. "We will be able to create more certainty and lower costs in New Jersey’s affordable housing landscape," Murphy said of the legislation. The Mount Laurel doctrine was created after the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in 1975 that every municipality must "make realistically possible an a…
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$1.4M To Expand License Plate Readers In Atlantic City
Atlantic City is getting a more than $1 million expansion to automated license plate readers in the city, officials said. State police will receive $1.4 million to buy and install 120 more license plate readers throughout Atlantic City, Attorney General Matthew Platkin announced on Thursday, Feb. 15. The readers will be installed in fixed locations throughout the city. The automated license plate reader (ALPR) technology uses automated cameras to scan license plates and store photos in a law enforcement database. That information can help police find stolen vehicles and missing people,…
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'Champion For Women's Empowerment:' NJ Mom Theresa Hester Dies At 55
Support is pouring in for the family of Morris County native Margaret ‘Theresa’ (Nunn) Hester, a devoted public servant and beloved mother who died on Monday, Dec. 11 following a brief battle with cancer at the age of 55. Born in Morristown, Theresa graduated from Dover High School in 1986 before attending Centenary University, her obituary says. Theresa dedicated her career to uplifting women and families in many different capacities. She worked for the NJ state Division on Women since 1998, both with the Department of Community Affairs and the Department of Children and Families. Her wor…
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5 Kids Died, Would NJ Bouncy Castle Rules Have Prevented Australian Accident?
New Jersey parents who've heard tragic news about a deadly bouncy castle accident in Australia can breathe easier knowing that the Garden State has its bouncy castles laws locked down. Regulations controlling the public use of the inflatable structures in the Garden State are very strict -- some of the most stringent in the US, officials with the state Department of Community Affairs (DCA) say. Five children were killed and another four critically hurt in the accident in which the inflatable play house went airborne, dropping the kids 32 feet to the ground Thursday, CNN reports. …
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