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Some Studies Challenge Long-Held Views on Rent Control

As rents soar across California and housing affordability slips further out of reach for millions, an intensifying debate over rent control is being fueled by a growing stack of academic research. For decades, real estate interests and conservative economists have...

Navigating New Jersey’s Economic Outlook

In our first episode of EJB Talks for 2025, Stuart Shapiro and Will Irving discuss Will’s current role with the Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECON) as well as the latest economic forecast for New Jersey, which predicts a sharper economic slowdown compared to the national trend.

NJSPL: New Jersey Policy Priorities Survey Results

The survey presented 23 policy issues for participants to consider. Housing emerged as the top concern, with more than half of respondents identifying it as the highest priority for New Jersey

Who Really Owns The U.S. Housing Market? The Complete Roadmap

According to GSU professor Taylor Shelton and Rutgers professor Eric Seymour, all three of these companies used an “extensive network of more than 190 corporate aliases registered to 74 different addresses across ten states and one territory.”

How To Identify a Move-In-Ready House To Buy

“In the past, homebuyers focused primarily on their monthly mortgage payments. Now they’re thinking more about the larger financial picture,” Hughes says.

EJB Talks with Professor Michael Smart

Michael Smart shares his background in transportation, discussing how his work with people reentering society after incarceration influenced his interest in transportation challenges and emphasizing the importance of meaningful research that addresses pressing societal issues and aims to impact real-world problems.

EJB Talks with Professors Joel Cantor and Kathe Newman

Professors ⁠Joel Cantor and ⁠Kathe Newman are part of a new Rutgers initiative, the ⁠Housing and Health Equity Cluster⁠, which aims to address health equity issues through interdisciplinary collaboration across university departments.

The big property tax promise

Altogether, the state’s tax break programs are a confusing jumble piled on top of each other, said Marc Pfeiffer, “it’s getting confusing,” he said.

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