Affordable Housing
Affordable Housing
The Division of Affordable Housing is responsible for administering state and local laws pertaining to affordable housing within the Township. The Division provides support for residents of affordable units and acts as liaison to the Affordable Housing Committee.
Frank Piazza Affordable Housing Consultant
Resolution 2025-R049 Affordable Housing Obligations for 2025-2035 Fourth Round
4th Round of Affordable Housing Timeline and Deadlines:
- January 31, 2025
- Deadline for a municipality to adopt their obligation numbers via “Binding Resolution” with or without using the DCA’s published report.
- February 15, 2025
- Reporting due to DCA on the status of all Non-Residential and Residential Development Fees collected and expended from the previous year.
- February 28, 2025
- Deadline for interested party to challenge a municipality’s adopted obligation numbers.
- March 1, 2025
- If no challenges, the municipality’s obligation numbers are established by default, immunity remains in effect.
- April 1, 2025
- Deadline for the Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program (AHDRP) to settle the municipal obligation number challenge(s).
- June 30, 2025
- Deadline for a municipality to adopt and endorse a Housing Element and Fair Share Plan and file with the Program to maintain immunity.
- August 31, 2025
- Deadline for interested parties to challenge the validity of a municipality’s Housing Element and Fair Share Plan.
- December 31, 2025
- Deadline for the municipality to settle any challenge or provide an explanation as to why it will not make all or some of the requested changes.
- March 15, 2026
- Deadline for a municipality to amend its Housing Element and Fair Share Plans and to adopt the implementing ordinances to comport with the amended obligation numbers.
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