One Year After Pew Warning, New Jersey Housing Crisis Deepens as Illegal Immigration Continues to Stress the Market

Trenton, NJ – Nearly one year after a Pew Research Center report documented one of the fastest increases in New Jersey’s unauthorized immigrant population in decades, the state’s housing shortage has become one of the defining issues facing the new Sherrill administration.

Last month, Governor Mikie Sherrill announced a series of initiatives aimed at expanding housing production and lowering costs, describing New Jersey’s affordability challenges as requiring immediate a...