Additional reading for Don't Wait for COAH session

1. Additional Resources on Affordable Housing and New Jersey Municipalities’ Obligations
New Jersey reports and analyses
● David Kinsey report on municipal obligations​, prepared for Fair Share Housing
Center
● Econsult critique of Kinsey’s methodology​, prepared for the New Jersey State
League of Municipalities
● Econsult executive summary of report on municipal obligations​, prepared for client
municipalities
● Nassau Capital evaluation of greenfield inclusionary zoning as an
affordable­housing production strategy​, prepared by Nassau Capital for the New
Jersey State League of Municipalities
● Richard Reading preliminary review and assessment of low­and moderate­income
housing needs in Ocean County​, prepared for the Ocean County Superior Court
Articles:
● Second state judge rules municipalities responsible for ‘gap’ affordable­housing
obligation​ (​The Record​)
● Long Hill joins county group to retain affordable­housing consultant​ (​New Jersey
Hills Media​)
● Roseland attempts to reduce affordable­housing obligation​ (​Caldwell Progress​)
● Warren Township officials vow to minimize impact of affordable­housing
obligation​ (​New Jersey Hills Media​)
● Judge rules against Ocean County towns in affordable­housing case​ (​NJBIZ​)
● Union County nonprofit takes independent approach to affordable housing
(​GlobeSt.​)
● Judge rejects 1000­unit cap on affordable­housing obligations​ (​New Jersey Law
Journal​)
● Affordable­housing group asks court to reject towns’ estimates of
affordable­housing obligation​ (​Philadelphia Inquirer​)
● National: Using the wrong tools to build affordable housing​ (​Rooflines​)
● National: How we closed the door on housing​ (​City Observatory​)
● National: Connecting big banking to community investment​ (​Next City​)
● National: Strong Towns’ weeklong examination of federal housing policy
● National: The urban housing crunch costs the U.S. economy about $1.6 trillion a
year​ (​CityLab​)
● National: Can a game help get affordable housing built?​ (​CityLab​)
● National: Why the first­time homebuyer is an endangered species​ (​City
Observatory​)
● National: More evidence on the “Dow of cities”​ (​City Observatory​)
● National: Can American suburbanism be reversed in a generation?​ (​CNU Public
Square​)

2. ● National: Will U.S. housing supply be appropriate for future demand?​ (​Urban Land
Institute​)
● National: Inclusionary zoning has a scale problem​ (​City Observatory​)
● National: The problem with how we measure housing affordability​ (​City
Observatory​)
● National: Housing Landscape 2016 report shows more working families are
renting​ (​National Housing Center​)
Academic articles and reports:
● State of the Nation’s Housing​ ​(​Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies​)
● The new exclusionary zoning​ ​(​Stanford Law & Policy Review)
● All growth is local: Housing supply and the economics of mobility​ ​(​Chicago Policy
Review​)
○ Related report: ​Why do cities matter? Local growth and aggregate growth
● The future of renting among older adults​ (​Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies​)
● Who is actually forming new households?​ (​Terner Center for Housing Innovation,
Berkeley​)
● Rethinking local affordable­housing strategies: Lessons from 70 years of policy
and practice​ (​Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute​)
● Understanding neighborhood resistance to densification​ (​Chicago Policy Review​)
Policy Positions
● An Investment in Opportunity​ (long­term policy platform from ​Enterprise Community
Partners​)
● The Unintended Consequences of Housing Finance​ (​Regional Plan Association​)