New Jersey towns and cities have had a long history of trying very hard to wriggle out of affordable housing responsibilities, so hard in fact that the courts have been forced to get involved. Read some background on this subject at The Inquirer: 40 years later, N.J. courts, towns still wrestling with ‘affordable’ housing.
Recently, a judge has sent a clear signal that the affordable housing needs of a town will be decided based upon a truly substantial response to the local and state affordable housing crisis. Gone are the days of a formulaic bazaar-style rug-buying, with one party asking high, the other offering low, and the arbitrator meekly sawing off in the middle.
Read how one judge has stepped outside of this conveniently limiting formula and put the boot to the bottom of a recalcitrant jurisdiction with a whopping demand for far more housing. Not surprising that Princeton, New Jersey’s town council are holding a closed meeting on the subject. There’s bound to be all kinds of cursing and moaning not meant for the delicate ears of Princeton’s citizenry! In Town Topics: Affordable Housing Requirement To Be Topic of Closed Council Meeting
