Corzine signs affordable housing overhaul
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. (AP) - July 17, 2008 Gov. Jon Corzine has signed a bill closing a loophole in
affordable housing legislation that has been troubling anti-poverty
advocates for decades.
Supporters of the revamped law say it will finally open the
suburbs to the state's poor and minority residents.
Those opposed to the measure say it will cost taxpayers more and
force suburban towns to build on parks, soccer fields and other
open spaces.
The newly signed bill means suburban communities can no longer
pay an assessed contribution to a city to build affordable units.
They will now have to build them in their own municipalities.
