Gavin Rozzi - New Jersey Government
Director at NJ Department of Community Affairs, leading digital transformation for affordable housing programs
Director, DHCR Data Center
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
Gavin Rozzi serves as the founding Director of the DHCR Data Center at the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (NJ DCA). In this role, he leads an in-house civic technology team that builds modern, resident-first digital experiences for affordable housing programs.
Key Responsibilities
- Building React and TypeScript applications for government programs
- Leading digital transformation for affordable housing services
- Implementing real-time data sharing across 564 municipalities
- Developing data infrastructure and analytics capabilities
- Modernizing legacy workflows and systems
Awards & Recognition
Governor's Team of Excellence Award
New Jersey Civil Service Commission
2025
Recognition for A4-S50 affordable housing implementation, a major digital transformation initiative improving housing services for New Jersey residents.
First Place, GIS Mapping Contest
NJ Department of Environmental Protection
2022
Excellence in spatial analysis and data visualization for environmental and geographic data.
New Jersey Projects
OPRAmachine
New Jersey's first statewide freedom of information platform, founded by Gavin Rozzi in 2017. OPRAmachine has processed 75,000+ public records requests and released 250GB of government data, serving journalists, researchers, and citizens seeking access to public information.
All New Jersey Projects
NJ HOMES Choice Tool
Interactive planning tool implementing A4/S50 affordable housing calculations for all 564 municipalities, supporting NJ HOMES grantmaking and municipal compliance.
2025Winter Termination Program Digital Transformation
Digital transformation of New Jersey's utility shutoff protection self-certification process, replacing a manual PDF with an accessible electronic form.
2025Operation Right Answer: Housing Services Modernization
Led development of a data-driven service framework to modernize how New Jersey housing programs serve residents, partnering with the New Jersey Innovation Authority to implement AI-assisted contact center technology.
2025NJ Eviction Guide
Interactive self-help tool connecting New Jersey's most vulnerable residents directly to housing assistance and legal resources.
2025Municipal Lead Reporting Portal
Statewide compliance platform capturing residential lead-paint inspection data for all 564 New Jersey municipalities.
2023New Jersey Population Density Map
Award-winning 3D visualization of New Jersey population density using rayshader, winning First Place in the 3D category at the NJ DEP GIS Mapmaking Contest.
2022njgeo
An R package for geocoding addresses using New Jersey's official geocoding service, freely available as an alternative to commercial solutions.
2021njtr1
An R package that makes it easy to download and analyze New Jersey motor vehicle crash data for transportation research and safety analysis.
2021TrentonTracker
A modern Progressive Web App making New Jersey legislative data accessible and searchable, with ZIP code-based legislator lookup.
2020NJ Narcan Dashboard
An interactive dashboard tracking opioid overdose interventions across New Jersey through law enforcement Narcan deployment data.
2020New Jersey Expertise
Government Digital Transformation
Building modern government services with React, TypeScript, and cloud infrastructure for state agencies.
OPRA & Public Records
Deep expertise in New Jersey's Open Public Records Act, having founded the state's leading FOIA platform.
NJ Geographic Data
Creator of njgeo (NJ geocoding API client) and njtr1 (NJ crash data), both published on CRAN.
Affordable Housing Programs
Leading technology initiatives for NJ DCA's housing programs serving residents statewide.
New Jersey Career Timeline
Governor's Team of Excellence Award
Recognition for A4-S50 affordable housing implementation
Director, DHCR Data Center
NJ Department of Community Affairs
First Place, GIS Mapping Contest
NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Founding Data Scientist
Rutgers Urban & Civic Informatics Lab
Founded OPRAmachine
NJ's first statewide FOIA platform
New Jersey Media & Speaking
- Episode 2: Data for Action
- Re-envisioning Housing Data: Usability, Integration, and Systems Alignment
- Governor's Team Excellence Award
- First Place - NJ DEP GIS Contest
- Predicting the Vulnerability of New Jersey Communities to Opiate Overdoses Using People, Places & Things: A Spatial Risk Modeling Approach
- Using Data and Emerging Technologies to Improve Urban Life