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Councilmen Rivera and Robinson to Introduce Affordable Housing Compliance Ordinance

Will  Ensure Jersey City Residents Receive Priority with New Affordable Housing

 Ordinance Establishes Marketing, Application and Monitoring Policy to Ensure Jersey City’s Diverse Community is focus of outreach as Hundreds of New Affordable Units Prepare to Hit Market

 

Councilmen Rivera and Robinson to Introduce Affordable Housing Compliance Ordinance

At-Large Councilman Daniel Rivera and Ward F Councilman Jermaine Robinson are introducing an ordinance at next week’s council meeting that will ensure Jersey City residents are given first priority with regard to the several hundred units of new affordable housing coming online. 

The Affordable Housing Compliance Ordinance, which will be up for a first reading vote next Wednesday, establishes the city’s first ever policy for how affordable housing should be marketed, establishes a priority for Jersey City residents and creates a waitlist process, as well as annual monitoring mechanism. Continue reading Councilmen Rivera and Robinson to Introduce Affordable Housing Compliance Ordinance