Jersey City, do you care about affordable housing?
You've got some work to do this week.
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You've got some work to do this week.
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If you get Mayor Fulop's emails, you probably know that City Council is on the verge of passing an "affordable housing" bill. Unfortunately, this bill is a wolf in sheep's clothing: it's a gift to developers masquerading as progressive policy.
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Some problems:
- Developers can buy their way out of it
- Developers can create "separate but equal" housing
- Developers can build amenities instead
- The Council can waive it just because.
More here:
4/ https://hudsoncountyview.com/jersey-city-council-oks-1st-reading-of-inclusionary-zoning-measure-after-some-public-dissent/
- Developers can buy their way out of it
- Developers can create "separate but equal" housing
- Developers can build amenities instead
- The Council can waive it just because.
More here:
4/ https://hudsoncountyview.com/jersey-city-council-oks-1st-reading-of-inclusionary-zoning-measure-after-some-public-dissent/
And also more here:
5/ https://jcitytimes.com/inclusionary-zoning-takes-center-stage-at-council-meeting/
5/ https://jcitytimes.com/inclusionary-zoning-takes-center-stage-at-council-meeting/
So what can you do to help JC get real affordable housing? Three things, in order of difficulty:
1. Sign this petition. (FYI: I DGAF about Lavarro's beef with Fulop one way or the other - I care about the ordinance. But Lavarro is leading the charge)
6/ https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/JerseyCityIZO
1. Sign this petition. (FYI: I DGAF about Lavarro's beef with Fulop one way or the other - I care about the ordinance. But Lavarro is leading the charge)
6/ https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/JerseyCityIZO
2. Call and/or write to your Councilmember. Unless you live in Ward E, your Councilmember is planning to vote for this joke of an "affordable housing" law. Tell them you don't support it and why - tell them what you want to see.
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3. Sign up to speak at this week's Council meeting for agenda item 4.1 / ordinance 20-089 and tell the JC City Council that you want meaningful affordable housing that protects our long-time residents. Instructions below
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