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Episode 1
Affordable Housing
What affordable housing actually is, how Mahwah's Fourth Round obligation went from 629 units to 8, who made that happen, and why no new construction is required to satisfy it.
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The hot topics every resident should know.
Know Your Mahwah covered how the town works. Mahwah Unpacked goes a layer deeper: the issues residents are actually talking about, explained plainly and straight from the record.
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What affordable housing actually is, how Mahwah's Fourth Round obligation went from 629 units to 8, who made that happen, and why no new construction is required to satisfy it.
Live nowWhat the NJ Highlands Region is, why Mahwah is one of only two Bergen County towns in it, and how 57% of the Township sits in the Preservation Area with more than half its land already preserved.
Live nowThe five parts of your Mahwah tax bill, where each dollar actually goes (schools 57.71%, municipal 24.29%, county 14.50%, library 2.35%, open space 1.15%), and what the municipal share pays for.
Live nowWhat an effective tax rate is, why Mahwah's 1.563% ranks among the ten lowest in Bergen County, and how that stacks up against Wyckoff, Upper Saddle River, Allendale, Ramsey, and Oakland.
Live nowA community poll. We want to know your number one source for Mahwah news, updates, and local information, from social media and neighbors to the township website, local outlets, and newsletters.
Live nowWho keeps Mahwah ready: our volunteer Fire and EMS members and the Office of Emergency Management. What they respond to, the training and work that happens between calls, and why it matters.
Live nowMahwah's long-term blueprint. What a Master Plan is, the six areas it covers from land use and housing to open space and future growth, and how it guides decisions about development and quality of life.
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