As Jersey City Apartment Owners Association Executive Director Wendy Paul told NJBIZ in a statement “This development didn’t happen by accident.“Jersey City embraced redevelopment decades ago and has actively embraced new housing production ever since. The city’s leaders understand that housing affordability improves when we build more to meet the demand.”

“The Jersey City Apartment Owners Association applauds Mayor Solomon’s leadership on the NJDEP’s REAL rules set to take effect this July. The rules as they are currently written place the state’s flood mitigation responsibility on the backs of private homeowners and builders which will dramatically increase the cost of housing construction and potentially stifle new housing starts,” JCAOA Executive Director Wendy Paul said in a statement.

“The New Jersey Supreme Court has unanimously sided with Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) interests sounding a death knell for housing affordability” Wendy Paul executive director of the Jersey City Apartment Owners Association said. “In fact they are also in disagreement with the will of the legislature that attempted to solve our housing affordability crisis with a landmark law requiring municipalities to improve zoning so towns deliver on the court’s previously required affordable housing mandates under the Mount Laurel decision.”

Wendy Paul, who serves as Executive Director of JCAOA, was recognized by BINJE as one of its “Top Women in Business,” part of the publication’s broader celebration of the best in business across the Garden State. This annual recognition highlights influential leaders driving innovation, policy, and economic growth throughout New Jersey.