the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Trenton NJ, Senator Joe Pennacchio and Senator Anthony M. Bucco voted against legislation today that they warned would lead to higher-density housing developments in many New Jersey towns.
“We’ve heard from mayors that they’re getting crushed by new affordable housing mandates that are changing the nature of their towns for the worse,” said Pennacchio (R-26). “A bill just passed by the New Jersey Senate would add to the problem by allowing even higher densities of new housing to be built in places that are close to public transportation. That will only increase the strain on schools and other public services and the long-term costs to property taxpayers.”
The Senate approved Democrat-sponsored legislation, S-3605, that reduces the amount of on- and off-street parking spaces that are required for new residential developments by 20, 30, and 50% depending on the proximity to rail and bus lines run by New Jersey Transit.
“This misguided bill paves the way for suburban towns to be forced to build at higher and higher densities than they’ve ever done before,” said Bucco (R-25). “Towns are running out of space to build, so cutting the parking requirements for new residential developments is the Democrats’ workaround to force towns to keep building. You can be certain this will be used to raise towns’ quotas even higher when the next round of affordable housing begins in a few years.”
Pennacchio and Bucco have offered legislative solutions to help towns that are struggling to comply with burdensome affordable housing mandates.
Pennacchio sponsors legislation, S-3803, that would allow towns to use regional contribution agreements (RCAs) to transfer up to 50% of their fair share housing obligation to another municipality within its housing region. Towns have not been able to use RCAs since 2008.
Similarly, Bucco sponsors a bill, S-3739, that would delay the fourth round of fair share affordable housing obligations for municipalities from 2025 to 2028. His legislation recognizes the severe hardship towns have faced in trying to comply with their affordable housing obligations as a result of the pandemic, along with the recognition of the New Jersey Supreme Court that affordable housing policies are best left to the Legislature.
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High density housing is getting out of control. If I wanted to live in an area where there is high density housing I would have moved to a city rather than choosing suburbia. Keep this up NJ and you’ll have more people moving out of state. Vote the politicians who are responsible for allowing this in our towns out of office.
Why would anyone care that people are moving out of NJ? We have open borders and any vacancy will quickly be filled. Do you think the destruction of suburbs is a conspiracy? It is happening for a reason. Nobody is building like crazy without having a plan and a guaranteed ROI. Government will take care of that.
Government is going to guarantee the ROI and it’s not a “conspiracy”? Did we get that right?
Just what everyone wants. Higher density in the most densely populated part of the most densely populated state.
Wait until Valley Hospital turns into housing. One good thing is going to keep the taxes down on little bit.
This is coming to Ridgewood regardless of what the state does. Vag and his puppets will start the wheels in motion after the 2024 election. Enjoy.
We won’t fight it.
We are
RICH and STUPID
Looks like Bed-Stuy.
It is not politicians fault, it is their voters fault. You keep voting for crazies and crazy things will happen. The quality of life in these nice suburbs is trending downward very fast. There’s no stopping it. Those who want to move (myself included) have a hard time due to high interest rates for a new mortgage.
I live near HoHoKus and this area of N Maple is becoming a mini city of its own. It is disgusting. It will get much much worse when the former FORD site comes up for development. I am sure this VC will put 5 story buildings in there and you know what? I want that to happen so all the idiots in my street who voted on block for Evan and Shobhan can feel the pain. Oh, and I also hope they also make as inclusive and equitable as possible. We need NYC type problems here. God speed.
Well, that’s why when our kids graduate from school, so many of us sell their homes and move away. So many of us will go to states like Delaware, Virginia, the Carolinas, where the tax rate is so much lower. Yes, we have great schools in this area and that’s what you’re paying for And you’re right outside from the heart of the world New York City. Big jobs big money big Texas.
They’re called “15 minute cities”. And they are “popping” up world wide. It may sound like utopia to some, but……there’s always that subliminal “control” word in the picture. “You won’t own anything and you’ll like it” Check out this article:
https://republicbroadcasting.org/news/climate-lockdowns-the-15-minute-city-is-a-quarantine-program-for-neighborhoods/
The NJ Republicans need to do a better job of getting people to understand that filling the state representative’s with Democrats is the same as choosing to add more apartment buildings to your town.