Climbing Mount Laurel - The Struggle for Affordable Housing Social Mobility in an American

Under the New Jersey State Constitution as interpreted by the State Supreme Court in 1975 and 1983, municipalities are required to use their zoning authority to create realistic opportunities for a fair share of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households. Mount Laurel was the town at the center of the court decisions. As a result, M

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About the author

Douglas S. Massey is the Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University and director of its Office of Population Research. Len Albright is assistant professor of sociology at Northeastern University. Rebecca Casciano is the CEO of Rebecca Casciano, LLC. Elizabeth Derickson is a doctoral candidate in sociology at Princeton University. David N. Kinsey is lecturer of public and international affairs at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School and a partner in the planning consulting firm Kinsey & Hand.

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Under the New Jersey State Constitution as interpreted by the State Supreme Court in 1975 and 1983, municipalities are required to use their zoning authority to create realistic opportunities for a fair share of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households. Mount Laurel was the town at the center of the court decisions. As a result, M

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"Impeccable. . . . Climbing Mount Laurel exemplifies social science at its finest—conclusively demonstrating through precise, thorough, thoughtful, and thought-provoking analysis how, for tens of millions of Americans, the path to the American Dream begins and ends at home."---Mark Rubinfeld, Journal of American Culture

Product details

• Authors: Len Albright, Albright Len, Rebecca Casciano, Elizabeth Derickson, Derickson Elizabeth, David N. Kinsey, Kinsey David N., Douglas S. Massey, Douglas S. Albright Massey, Douglass S Massey, Massey Douglas S.
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.07.2013
• EAN: 9780691157290
• ISBN: 978-0-691-15729-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; New Jersey, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, LAW / Housing & Urban Development, Social Mobility, Housing & homelessness, Housing and homelessness, Housing law