By Will Irving A little over a year ago, we reviewed the latest data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey showing that in 2022 New Jersey had the highest median income in the country, coupled with housing costs also among the nation’s highest. Here we revisit these indicators and review the 2023 data [...]
Last week, in commemoration of Black History Month, Gov. Phil Murphy and Lt. Gov. Tahesha Way announced the release of the state’s Wealth Disparity Task Force report, “New Jersey – Building a State of Opportunity: A Report of the Wealth Disparity Task Force to Close Opportunity Gaps and Repair Structural Disparities.” The task force and [...]
By Ayse Akincigil and Uri Amir Koren Affordable housing for older adults with low income is subsidized by various public entities at the federal, state, and local levels. These buildings are managed by municipal or local housing authorities. In New Jersey, there are 564 municipalities and 105 separate authorities and agencies that administer housing [...]
Read Report By Sania Murtuza, Tai Vu, Biplav Pokhrel, and Yao Sun, Ph.D. This research project investigated the effectiveness of low- and moderate-income (LMI) community solar programs in New Jersey, where we focused on their role in promoting energy justice in under-resourced communities. The research team recruited 158 participants from low- and moderate-income [...]
By Eric Seymour Corporate housing investors have been the subject of much reporting and even recent legislation aimed at curbing corporations from crowding out homebuyers. In October, U.S. Representatives Ro Khanna, Katie Porter, and Mark Takano reintroduced the Stop Wall Street Landlords Act, which, among other things, would end the ability of large institutional [...]
By Melissa Tier New Jersey’s Climate Change Resilience Strategy calls on the state and local governments to “support and incentivize movement to safer areas” for “populations in areas subject to repetitive flooding or inundation,” and “especially for vulnerable populations.” Housing programs such as these – in which homeowners voluntarily agree to the government purchasing [...]
By Ruth Winecoff This is the second in a series describing ongoing research on Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE). PACE, which uses local governments’ ability to borrow to pay the upfront costs of energy efficiency upgrades to residential and commercial properties, was recently authorized for commercial properties in New Jersey, though the program has [...]
By Miyeon Song, Ph.D., Seungho An, Ph.D., and Jinah Yoo The Role of Nursing Homes in New Jersey's Long-Term Care System As New Jersey's aging population grows, nursing homes have become a vital part of the state’s long-term care system. These facilities provide essential medical services, skilled nursing, and rehabilitative care, making it crucial [...]
By Eric Seymour This second blog on our team’s research on corporate investor ownership of residential properties in New Jersey addresses the methods used and the techniques developed so far. While New Jersey provides a lot of property tax data for public and research use, combining records from different times and places into a single, [...]
By Ruth Winecoff. This is the first in a series of blogs regarding an ongoing clean energy research project generously supported by the New Jersey State Policy Lab. This project focuses on Property Assessed Clean Energy [...]
