http://njtoday.net The online home of New Jersey's oldest weekly newspaper Sat, 26 May 2012 09:00:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://njtoday.net/2011/01/16/mlkada2011/ http://njtoday.net/2011/01/16/mlkada2011/#comments Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:04:36 +0000 atomtabloid http://njtoday.net/?p=33202 If Martin Luther King, Jr. could visit our country this January, he would see a nation much changed and yet the same.]]> http://njtoday.net/2011/01/16/mlkada2011/feed/ 0 http://njtoday.net/2008/09/10/new-affordable-housing-law-will-have-long-term-benefits/ http://njtoday.net/2008/09/10/new-affordable-housing-law-will-have-long-term-benefits/#comments Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:24:31 +0000 cmdmedia http://cmdmedia.wordpress.com/?p=1159 By Assemblyman Joseph Vas Next week, the Legislature will return to Trenton to continue tackling many of the important issues facing New Jersey. Like my colleagues, I have no intention of resting on the laurels of our recent accomplishments of cutting state spending by record amounts and creating new law that will provide access to health care to every child in New Jersey. Our long-term goal is to make life in New Jersey a little more affordable for hard-working middle-class families. In many ways, we are beginning to see the fruits of our labors. But no new law will have as profound an effect on our state than our recent overhaul of New Jersey’s affordable housing rules. With an economy and a housing market left in tatters due to the national economic slump, these changes will go a long way towards preserving the American dream of home ownership. More than 30 years ago, the state Supreme Court ruled that every town in New Jersey had an obligation to provide affordable housing options for all residents. However, many towns found ways to get around this mandate, some even going to so far as to literally pay their way out of having [...]]]> http://njtoday.net/2008/09/10/new-affordable-housing-law-will-have-long-term-benefits/feed/ 0