Abstract

Mt. Laurel put the housing needs of the poor ahead of the efficient provision of local public services by limiting the ability of towns to use exclusionary zoning. Consumer Surplus Analysis shows that the welfare loss from this change in Northeastern New Jersey is very small (on the order of one percent), and that the groups which benefit are those who have gained freedom of access to new jurisdictions.

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