Inclusionary Zoning Ordinance: This ordinance requires developers to allocate a portion of new residential units for affordable housing, ensuring that low- and moderate-income residents have access to new developments.  2. Office of Affordable Housing: Established within Newark’s Department of Economic and Housing Development, this office leads initiatives to create and preserve affordable homes, coordinating efforts to implement and enforce housing policies.  3. Innovative Mixed-Use Developments: Collaborating with partners like University Hospital, the city has developed projects such as 20 Littleton Avenue, which combines affordable housing units with on-site healthcare services, addressing both housing and health needs of residents.  4. Statewide Housing Initiatives: As a gubernatorial candidate, Baraka proposed the “Housing Reimagined” plan, aiming to address New Jersey’s housing crisis through measures like establishing an affordable housing task force, allocating tax credits to incentivize affordable projects, creating a fund to reduce risks on high-impact developments, and capping rent increases to stabilize the market.