NJ lawmakers give housing-compliant towns first shot at state grants

Trenton, NJ – New Jersey’s Democrat lawmakers are making their point clear to municipalities across the state: build high density affordable housing, or pay the consequences.

Municipalities that keep up with their affordable housing obligations will now move to the front of the line for certain state funding after the Assembly Housing Committee advanced a new law aimed at tying compliance to economic incentives.

Approved as P.L.2025, c.142, the measure requires the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (EDA) to give priority consideration to towns that meet their housing obligations when awarding competitive grants or financial aid. The law applies to programs such as t

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