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Property Tax Rates and Quality of K-12 Education in New Jersey Communities

2023-01-17T09:43:35-05:00

by James Barnett New Jersey is consistent in featuring at the top of the ranks for two different variables: effective real estate property tax rates and quality of K-12 education services.[1][2] These, unsurprisingly to most who reside here, are not unrelated in the slightest. Each of New Jersey’s whopping 599 school districts is funded to [...]

Property Tax Rates and Quality of K-12 Education in New Jersey Communities2023-01-17T09:43:35-05:00

Introducing the New Jersey MOD IV Historical Database

2023-01-09T08:09:08-05:00

By Marc Pfeiffer and Lucas Marxen The NJ MOD IV Historical Database is an online, searchable database of New Jersey MOD IV parcel information data sets from 1989 to 2022.  Providing land parcel and property ownership data, the MOD IV database consists of more than 93 million records spanning 33 years. After an extended beta [...]

Introducing the New Jersey MOD IV Historical Database2023-01-09T08:09:08-05:00

Heat or Eat? The Low-Income Home Energy Distribution Program (LIHEAP) and Its Implications for New Jersey

2022-11-30T14:45:30-05:00

By Josephine O'Grady. The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP) is a federal block grant program that assists low-income families with the cost of paying their utility bills in areas including extreme heat and cold, household revisions to improve energy efficiency [...]

Heat or Eat? The Low-Income Home Energy Distribution Program (LIHEAP) and Its Implications for New Jersey2022-11-30T14:45:30-05:00

Report Release: Equitable Property Acquisitions to Enhance Climate Resilience

2023-08-07T12:17:22-04:00

With support from the New Jersey State Policy Lab, the New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center Climate Corps conducted research to better understand how flood buyback and managed retreat programs [...]

Report Release: Equitable Property Acquisitions to Enhance Climate Resilience2023-08-07T12:17:22-04:00

Report Release: Does the Decision to Allow Local Cannabis-Related Businesses Impact Home Sale Prices?

2023-09-19T13:59:52-04:00

By Michael S. Hayes, Associate Professor, Rutgers University-Camden and Prakash Kandel, Ph.D. Student, Rutgers University-Camden. During the 2020 general election, New Jersey voters approved a ballot question to amend the state constitution to allow residents [...]

Report Release: Does the Decision to Allow Local Cannabis-Related Businesses Impact Home Sale Prices?2023-09-19T13:59:52-04:00

Housing Affordability in New Jersey, 2010-2020

2022-10-21T16:45:32-04:00

by Maia de la Calle. Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECON™) Housing affordability and ownership accessibility The main expense incurred by New Jersey’s residents is shelter or housing.  As of 2019, New Jersey ranked third in the country for median monthly housing costs, after California and Hawaii.[1] In that same year, the median gross rent for [...]

Housing Affordability in New Jersey, 2010-20202022-10-21T16:45:32-04:00

The Revival of Urban Enterprise Zones in New Jersey

2022-10-21T16:32:57-04:00

By Adam Scavette Last summer, then acting New Jersey Governor Sheila Oliver signed legislation to devote $42.5 million toward restoring the state’s Urban Enterprise Zones (UEZ) to full operation for fiscal year 2022. In this piece, I discuss the history and performance of UEZs and opportunities to increase their effectiveness. The UEZ program is designed [...]

The Revival of Urban Enterprise Zones in New Jersey2022-10-21T16:32:57-04:00

New Jersey’s Single-Family Housing Markets by County 2021

2022-10-21T16:27:56-04:00

Naheed Azhar and Michael L. Lahr, Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/Econ™) As the count of listings and asking prices flattened,[i] realtors and creditors predicted a rise in foreclosures and mortgage delinquencies as people were laid off and furloughed and as many small businesses failed.[ii] But things did not roll out as feared for housing markets. [...]

New Jersey’s Single-Family Housing Markets by County 20212022-10-21T16:27:56-04:00

Report Release: The New Jersey Housing Crisis in a COVID Era

2023-09-19T12:12:48-04:00

By Katharine Nelson. Affordable housing is increasingly scarce within the United States, and COVID-19 has dramatically exacerbated the simmering crisis in affordable housing. In New Jersey, the risk of eviction is greater than across the country [...]

Report Release: The New Jersey Housing Crisis in a COVID Era2023-09-19T12:12:48-04:00
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