Affordable housing obligation

March 2024	Governor Murphy signed into law Bill A4/S50, which amends the New Jersey Fair Housing Act
October 2024	New Jersey Department of Community Affairs published an estimate of the fair share affordable housing obligations for all municipalities
November 2024	We formed an Affordable Housing Plan committee to review vacant land (as determined by the DCA) and draft the Fair Share Housing Plan. The team meets weekly to review data.
January 31, 2025	Deadline to adopt a resolution that establishes the municipality's fair share of the regional need for affordable housing. Every municipality must file a court action (lawsuit) for the court to review the plan.
February 28, 2025	Deadline for objections to the adopted resolution
May 28, 2025	Planning Board draft plan presentation and public hearing
June 16, 2025	Borough Council endorsed plan and adopted development fee ordinance
June 18, 2025	We will file the plan to the courts and DCA (deadline is June 30, 2025)
January 2026	DCA scheduled to accept plan (after a challenge period)
July 1, 2026	Plan becomes effective and 10-year period begins

Resolution 25-0121-039	Resolution adopting the present need and prospective need for the fourth round of affordable housing obligations. The resolution was unanimously approved by the Borough Council at a January 21, 2025 meeting.
Declaratory Judgement Action	The Borough's Declaratory Judgment action was filed on January 23, 2025.
Development Fee Ordinance 2764-25-0505	This ordinance was adopted by the Borough Council at a June 2, 2025 meeting to establish an Affordable Housing Development Fee and Trust Fund. This ordinance applies to 2 and 3-family developments.
Quick sheet	This 1-pager (double-sided) summarizes the borough's Fair Share Housing Obligations. It was distributed at the Planning Board and Borough Council meetings in June 2025.

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