Mount Laurel: In the Courts and in the Lives of People

Kevin D. Walsh, Esq., associate director of the Fair Share Housing Center in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, and Douglas S. Massey, the Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, will present the Rutgers University Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy's annual Isadore Candeub Memorial Lecture in Planning on Wednesday, November 13, 2013. This year’s lecture will be “Mount Laurel: In the Courts and in the Lives of People.” The event is free and open to the public.

The lecture will focus on the Mount Laurel anti-exclusionary zoning decisions by the New Jersey Supreme Court and their consequences.  These rulings have held that, under the New Jersey Constitution, municipalities that zoning have an affirmative obligation to provide realistic opportunities for low-and-moderate income housing.  As a result, the New Jersey legislature established the Council on Affordable Housing to oversee the administration of the state’s affordable housing program.

The event will begin at 5:00 p.m. and will be held in the Special Events Forum, Civic Square Building, 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ on the campus of Rutgers University. A reception will follow the lecture. Click here for a map with directions. RSVP is requested by visiting http://bit.ly/candeub13. 

This event has been submitted for 1.5 American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) Certification Maintenance credits.