New Jersey has one of the highest debt burdens of any state in the country.
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Financial Restructuring: Cash Today, Tolls Tomorrow
Thursday, January 17th, 20082007 Year in Review
Friday, December 28th, 200753.3 percent of revenues for public schools are raised locally in New Jersey, compared to a national average of 43.9 percent. As a result, New Jersey has the nation’s highest median property-tax bill—$5,352, according to 2005 Census Bureau data. This […]
A Fresh Look at Affordable Housing
Wednesday, December 19th, 200730 percent – The maximum percentage of gross income a household should pay to cover its housing costs and still generally be considered living in an affordable housing situation.
Brownfields: Urban Blight or Redevelopment Opportunity?
Friday, December 7th, 2007Former industrial sites, known as brownfields, are a prominent feature of New Jersey’s urban landscape. More than 10,000 brownfields have been identified in the state.
NJ Still Has Room to Grow. But Where…and How?
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007A recent study commissioned by the Council on Affordable Housing found that: Of New Jersey’s 4.98 million acres, 1.24 million (25 percent) are vacant and unconstrained. These vacant acres have the capacity for 1,169,697 residential housing units and 1.63 billion […]
Preserving NJ’s Landscape is a Daunting Challenge
Wednesday, October 31st, 2007A 2002 snapshot of New Jersey’s landscape shows the state divided roughly into quarters: 28 percent is developed, 24 percent permanently preserved with public funds, 23 percent undevelopable or constrained by regulation, and 25 percent vacant and unconstrained—or “up for […]
Trash and Landfills-A Smart Land Use?
Tuesday, October 16th, 2007New Jersey is currently home to more than 800 active and closed landfills. Together, these landfills cover more than 10,500 acres—an area twice the size of the city of Trenton, and equal to eight months’ worth of new land development […]
Taxes, Infrastructure Repair, and Lane Use
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007At 10.5 cents per gallon, New Jersey has the third-lowest gasoline tax in the nation; only Alaska and Georgia* are lower. Washington has the highest tax: 36 cents per gallon.
Updated Census Numbers Deliver Mixed Message to NJ
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007New Jersey has lost its No. 1 status in terms of median household income. The Garden State was the wealthiest in the nation as of the 2000 Census, but Maryland has now surpassed it (and leaped past former No. 2 […]
Transit, Past and Future?
Friday, August 24th, 2007New Jersey has an extensive public transportation network. NJ TRANSIT operates eight commuter rail lines, serving 149 stations; three light rail lines serving 60 stations; and a statewide network of buses. New Jersey also has two separate transit agencies—PATH and […]