Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop speaks in 2018 at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for 485 Marin, a 398-unit luxury apartment building that includes 80 affordable units. — File photo/Courtesy: KRE Group
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop has been unabashedly pro-growth during his 12 years in office. That’s clear from the city’s ever-changing skyline, but even he concedes that new development has overshadowed efforts to improve housing affordability.
His team points to Jersey City’s inclusionary zoning ordinance adopted in 2021, which requires residential projects with more than 15 units to include 10 or 15 percent set-asides for low- and moderate-income renters, depending on the census tract, if they’re requesting variances or plan amendments. A year later, the Fulop administration unveiled the state’s first affordable housing overlay, which allows for greater density in development that include a lower-income component…