If something about this design looks familiar, especially to those of us who were watching the news in the 70s and 80s, but you just can’t remember where you have seen it before,
Yes, previous administrations, Republican and Democrat, ignored the problem, allowing large developments with no affordable housing.
Also – Inflicting these massive developments on municipalities like ours, in the name of affordable housing, was a cornerstone of the Murphy administration. Here is the Overlay Map