The Honorable Jerry Green
17 Watchung Avenue
Plainfield, NJ 07060
Dear Chairman Green,
On behalf of the Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey’s 150 community economic development members and 100 associate members who support the creation of jobs and homes that New Jersey residents can afford, we thank and congratulate you on the passage of Assembly Bill 3447/Senate Bill 1. We commend you for your tenacity and leadership on this issue, and appreciate all that you did to ensure that reforms to our state’s housing policies help restart our economy and meet our state’s Constitutional standards.
We are proud to have been a part of the collaborative effort between legislative leaders and stakeholders. After more than a year, we have a final product that, while not perfect, moves New Jersey in the right direction. The most important aspect of this legislation is that it will allow for the creation of starter homes and family rentals that New Jersey needs. It will be an economic engine that puts our residents to work building those homes. Our state’s hard-working families and seniors deserve a policy that creates homes and jobs.
Once again, we applaud your leadership and that of the other Assembly members who worked so diligently on this issue. We will continue to encourage the Governor to give New Jersey a housing policy that moves us forward, not backwards.
We look forward to continuing to work with you on ways to restore New Jersey’s housing market and secure equitable revitalization in our communities.
All the best,
Staci A. Berger, Director of Advocacy & Policy
Housing & Community Development Network of NJ
145 W. Hanover Street
Trenton, New Jersey 08618
www.hcdnnj.org
