NJ 2025: The Year in Housing

December 22, 2025 | njspotlightnews.org

This was the year the new state affordable housing law started to impact municipalities and with 2025 almost over it’s still unclear how many new houses will be built as a result. 

In 2024, Gov. Phil Murphy signed the law returning the oversight of municipal affordable housing obligations to the state. That fall, the state Department of Community Affairs (DCA) fulfilled its mandate by calculating the estimated number of units for people with low or moderate incomes each municipality needs to allow.

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NJ SEED: As the article states, “….(T)he actual impact of the law is still unknown.” It is generally agreed that NJ needs more affordable housing. Estimates of how many and what constitutes “affordable” vary widely.