My name is Josh Bauers and I am a Senior Staff Attorney at Fair Share Housing Center. At Fair Share or FSHC (for short), we are a non-profit organization dedicated the enforcing and furthering New Jersey's Mount Laurel doctrine. We work with, negotiate with, and in some cases litigate with New Jersey's many municipalities to make sure they are creating affordable housing plans that comply with Mount Laurel. One of the keys to this fight is truly engaging the planning process inlcuding: finding sites that are suitable, designing affordable housing sites in an equitable way, and maximizing opportunities presented by potential sites.
I have been working with FSHC for approximatley 8 years. In that time I have worked on affordable housing plans across New Jersey. My work has primarily been focused in the northern part of the state in Bergen, Essex, Morris, and Union Counties, which are all surburban counties with transit access to New York. I have also worked in Hunterdon, Sussex, and Warren Counties, the three counties which make up the western border in northern New Jersey. These counties are predominantly rural and sub-rural and include many areas of conservation and protected lands.
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
8:15 AM – 11:45 AM CDT