I’ll help make families stronger by expanding the state Child Tax Credit to help cover the cost of child care and will build more starter and senior housing, so folks can stay near their families when they retire
I will build more starter and senior housing so people can stay near their families when they retire.
Occurrences
Evidence
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The official Democratic primary results list Mikie Sherrill as the winner with 286,244 votes and Josh Gottheimer with 97,384 votes.
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Gottheimer said New Jersey needed more affordable housing, including starter and workforce housing and senior housing, and said he would cut red tape blocking homes near mass transit and abandoned office parks.
Assessments
Gottheimer did not win the 2025 New Jersey gubernatorial primary, so he never gained the state executive office from which the promise to build more starter and senior housing in New Jersey would most directly be delivered. However, while serving in his federal House term, he co-introduced housing legislation and a workforce-housing provision tied to the broader 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which became law in July 2026 and included housing-supply and elderly/disabled housing-related provisions. That gives him some federal legislative credit, but it is not a full delivery of the promised outcome because the evidence does not show Gottheimer actually caused more starter and senior housing to be built for New Jersey retirees.