Join us in taking on NJ's toughest, most persistent problem.
NJ has the highest property taxes in America.
The problem is systemic. Property taxes are the major source of school funding for all but a handful of districts. Your zip code -- where you reside -- determines how much you pay. NJ instituted a state income tax half a century ago with the promise that it would provide property tax relief. It didn't.
50 years of failure by the state's politicians
The average property tax bill in NJ now tops $10,000.
The bandaids applied by generations of politicians have done nothing to reduce property taxes. Only a new, fair school funding formula will bring down property taxes.
Property taxes are turning residents into refugees
The Annual National Movers Study ranked New Jersey as number one in the nation for outbound moves for the eigth consecutive year. Long term residents with ties to the community are being turned into economic migrants within the borders of the United States. Driven out because of the state's affordibility crisis, they are settling down el
The Annual National Movers Study ranked New Jersey as number one in the nation for outbound moves for the eigth consecutive year. Long term residents with ties to the community are being turned into economic migrants within the borders of the United States. Driven out because of the state's affordibility crisis, they are settling down elsewhere, far from family and friends. It is a humanitarian crisis ignored by Trenton.
Property tax rates are not uniform in nJ. They depend on where you live. Your zip code matters.
Property tax rates are not uniform in nJ. They depend on where you live. Your zip code matters.
There is a move in Trenton to open all public schools to anyone in the state. This will end local, community-based schools but it won't end local property taxes to pay for those schools. The rate you pay will still depend on your zip code, you just won't have exclusive access to what you are paying for. Does that sound fair to you?
