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Thread #73819   Message #1284013
Posted By: Tinker
29-Sep-04 - 10:20 AM
Thread Name: BS: Religious Freedom vs. Local Zoning Laws
Subject: RE: BS: Religious Freedom vs. Local Zoning Laws
Just to ad a piece of law to the mix. New Jersey has a wide spread problem with the provision of low and moderate income housing. My own community has increasing problems with children being able to afford living in the community. It is not based on race or religion but sheer economics. Each community has been charged with providing housing, but interpretation of the law has varied over time. Some communities have actually contracted with other communities to provide the low and moderate income housing that they should otherwise need to provide within their own borders.

Mount Laurel Ruling

I think the resistance to economic diversity is often much stronger than religious or racial intolerance; although, the combination of both factors is almost guaranteed to be explosive.

Tinker