确保新泽西人在他们选择居住的社区有公平的机会获得负担得起的住房
Policy Recommendations
1. Invest in producing more affordable and safe homes across all communities
- The state’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund and rental assistance both should be fully funded. The high cost of housing has long been exacerbated by inadequate supply of affordable homes, especially for New Jerseyans who are Black and Hispanic.
- Money from the American Rescue Plan used for producing affordable homes required by municipal fair housing settlements, should be sustained, if not increased, to keep pace with inflation.
- State officials should develop a transparent regulatory and enforcement process regarding the requirement that affordable housing is produced when state-owned lands or state funds are used for development.
2. Promote racially equitable land use and zoning policy to provide opportunity for more people to live in neighborhoods that support good health and wellbeing
- Policymakers should continue to explore ways to compel municipal compliance with robust enforcement of the state’s fair housing laws to provide opportunities for more families. The Governor and legislators could provide full funding in future budgets for the state Department of Community Affairs to gather and provide data to promote enforcement of court decisions and related requirements.
- Racial equity should guide inclusionary zoning efforts in historically-underserved neighborhoods to avoid such unintended consequences as displacing residents of color when areas undergo revitalization that attracts higher-income residents.
3. Strategically deploy innovative strategies to facilitate racially equitable homeownership
- New Jersey should follow other states in exploring alternative pathways to traditional homeownership. An example is shared-equity homeownership, an effort to balance wealth-building for families who would otherwise be unable to afford and preserve their investment.
4. Establish and fund a right-to-counsel for low-income renters
- The state should expand and affirm tenants’ rights by establishing and funding a right to counsel for low-income renters to help keep people in their homes and protect them from discriminatory practices. Tenants are often at a disadvantage when faced with eviction or other loss of housing stability, because there is no constitutional right to counsel such as that available to defendants in criminal proceedings.
We hold ourselves accountable to eliminating housing-related barriers to health equity and their consequences on New Jersey residents of color and their families. Together, we can achieve a reality in which everyone experiences their best health and wellbeing.
" data-isabstract="false" class="cmp-text">家庭和社区在人们的健康和福祉中发挥着重要作用。新泽西应该成为这样一个州:每个人都有公平的机会在自己选择的社区居住在安全、负担得起的住房中。
住房的可负担性和房屋的物理条件影响经济稳定、教育机会、工作机会和家庭实现最佳健康和福祉的机会。
除了高昂的购买和租赁成本外,新泽西州的住房挑战还受到一段公开排斥有色人种的历史的影响,包括划定红线和限制性契约,这些都导致了我们生活在一个实际上是种族隔离的州。投资于发展和维持负担得起的、安全和稳定的住房和社区,可以促进建立更健康、更公平的社区,使所有人都有公平的机会过上尽可能健康的生活。
一个更健康、更公平的新泽西州的政策议程建议推进公平的政策,以确保所有新泽西人都能在他们选择的社区获得负担得起的住房。
政策建议
1.在所有社区投资建造更多负担得起的安全住房
- 该州的经济适用房信托基金和租赁援助都应该得到充分的资助。长期以来,可负担住房供应不足加剧了高昂的住房成本,尤其是对新泽西州的黑人和西班牙裔人来说。
- 美国救援计划(American Rescue Plan)中用于建造市政公平住房协议所要求的经济适用房的资金,即使不增加,也应该持续下去,以跟上通货膨胀的步伐。
- 国家官员应制定透明的监管和执法程序,规定在使用国有土地或国家资金进行开发时必须建造经济适用房。
2.促进种族平等的土地使用和分区政策,为更多的人提供机会,使他们生活在有利于健康和福祉的社区
- 政策制定者应该继续探索方法,迫使市政当局严格执行州公平住房法,为更多家庭提供机会。州长和立法者可以在未来的预算中为州社区事务部提供全部资金,用于收集和提供数据,以促进法院判决和相关要求的执行。
- 种族平等应该指导历史上服务不足的社区的包容性分区工作,以避免在该地区进行吸引高收入居民的复兴时取代有色人种居民等意想不到的后果。
3.战略性地部署创新战略,促进种族平等的住房所有权
- 新泽西州应该效仿其他州,探索替代传统住房所有权的途径。一个例子是共享股权房屋所有权,这是一种平衡家庭财富积累的努力,否则这些家庭将无法负担和保护他们的投资。
4.建立并资助低收入租房者获得法律咨询的权利
- 国家应该扩大和肯定租客的权利,建立和资助低收入租客的律师权利,帮助他们保住自己的家,保护他们免受歧视。租户在面临驱逐或其他住房稳定性的损失时往往处于不利地位,因为没有宪法规定的权利,如刑事诉讼中的被告所享有的权利。
我们有责任消除与住房有关的健康公平障碍,以及这些障碍对新泽西州有色人种居民及其家庭的影响。只要我们齐心协力,就能实现人人享有最佳健康和福祉的现实。
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