Princeton University

On February 8, 2008, the Policy Research Institute for the Region will host Mount Laurel II at 25: The Unfinished Agenda of Fair Share Housing, a look at the New Jersey Supreme Court decision on exclusionary zoning, affordable housing and sound planning. Experts and key participants in the implementation of Mount Laurel II will convene to examine the origins of the decision, comment on the current state of the doctrine and its influence in the region and the nation and focus on the unfinished agenda, including issues of race, class, redevelopment and smart growth.

In addition to a keynote luncheon address by Michael Stegman, Director of Policy for the Program on Human and Community Development at the McArthur Foundation and former Assistant Secretary for Policy Development at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, three panels will explore central questions regarding the future of the doctrine, as New Jersey, the region and the nation grapple with persistent housing and related land use challenges. Presenters include David Kinsey, Visiting Lecturer of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, Alan Mallach, Senior Fellow of the National Housing Institute and John Payne, Board of Governors Distinguished Service Professor and Professor of Law, Rutgers School of Law-Newark.