1Cranbury, NJ – Republican gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli declared Tuesday that New Jersey’s long-standing Mount Laurel housing doctrine has failed the state, vowing to replace it with a plan that halts suburban sprawl, reinvests in cities, and protects the environment.

Ciattarelli argued that the court-imposed doctrine, which requires towns to allow affordable housing, has led to overdevelopment in communities unequipped to handle high-density projects. He said the result has been the loss of farmland and open space, more traffic congestion, worsening stormwater issues, rising property taxes, and damage to wildlife habitats.

Jack Ciattarelli

“The current state mandated development scheme is destroying open space, increasing pollution from more idling cars on already congested

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