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Summit planning board outlines housing element, fair share schedule; Burgess warns of state 'reallocation' dispute
Summary
Planning consultant Joe Burgess told the Summit Planning Board on March 24 that six retired judges are reviewing municipal adjustment requests and that a disputed statewide "reallocation" issue could change affordable-housing obligations for some towns.
The Summit Planning Board received a detailed update March 24 on the city's housing element and fair share plan process and the statewide review underway.
Joe Burgess, the board's planning consultant, said six retired judges are reviewing applications from municipalities seeking reductions to their affordable housing obligations. Burgess said 440 municipalities filed adjustments, more than expected, and roughly 159 of those have received formal objections from parties such as the Fair Share Housing Center and the New Jersey Builders Association.
Burgess described a novel and unresolved issue in this round known as "reallocation," in which units reduced by one municipality…
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