Climbing Mount Laurel

Under the New Jersey State Constitution as interpreted by the State Supreme Court in 1975 and 1983, municipalities are required to use their zoning authority to create realistic opportunities for a fair share of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households. Mount Laurel was the town at the center of the court decisions. As a result, M

Winner of Paul Davidoff Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning 2013
Joint winner of Robert E. Park Award, Community and Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association 2014

“Winner of the 2013 Paul Davidoff Award, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning”

"Upscale Mount Laurel loomed large in the New Jersey State Supreme Court's key fair housing decisions in 1975 and 1983. But the housing itself wasn't built until all of 2001. For years, locals protested hard that home values would fall and crime rates would rise. Douglas S. Massey and four other authors ... meticulously document how this wasn't the case at all."--Katharine Whittemore, Boston Globe

Douglas S. Massey is the Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University and director of its Office of Population Research. Len Albright is assistant professor of sociology at Northeastern University. Rebecca Casciano is the CEO of Rebecca Casciano, LLC. Elizabeth Derickson is a doctoral candidate in sociology at Princeton University. David N. Kinsey is lecturer of public and international affairs at Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School and a partner in the planning consulting firm Kinsey & Hand.

"Exploring the impact of an affordable housing development in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, this book provides new and innovative methodologies for examining key theoretical and public policy issues that have been the subject of intensive debate. It will be useful to scholars, public officials, and others interested in the way American communities develop in the face of increasing diversity and inequalities." --Gregory Squires, George Washington University "Ably linking social science, legal analysis, and policy discussion together, Climbing Mount Laurel is a much-needed book." --John Goering, City University of New York, Graduate Center

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