Op-Ed: We Must Face New Jersey’s Affordable Housing Crisis

By Paul Shackford, president, Family Promise of Bergen County

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I’ve been involved with addressing housing and food insecurity in Bergen County for over 35 years. Early on, I spoke to a group of 200 people in one town about working with local houses of worship to provide overnight temporary shelter for homeless adults. My colleagues and I were drowned out by residents yelling that we were going to ruin their town. They were afraid.