NJ is dead in terms of housing; whatever lies the government spreads about the unemployment figure, the fact is that jobs don’t move into homes - people and families do. We’re bleeding people profusely, only making up some of it with illegals; they are the government’s answer to the housing crisis (and by extension, the public education crisis - there are much fewer American students to fill the seats).
Illegals don’ buy homes. They end up pooling resources and government freebies and renting single family homes and occupying them with 2 or 3 families or 15 or 20 individuals. The houses and neighborhoods fall into a state of abuse with garbage and junk everywhere. They overburden schools, hospital emergency rooms, increase the crime rate. The property values tank even worse than similar non-illegal areas.