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Westfield council adopts interim affordable‑housing obligation and opens public planning process
Summary
The Town Council adopted a resolution setting Westfield’s fourth‑round present and prospective need obligation at 364 units (revising the Department of Community Affairs advisory figure of 397) and launched a public planning process that will include a vacant‑land inventory and a planning‑board housing element and fair‑share plan.
The Westfield Town Council adopted a resolution at its meeting to set the town’s fourth‑round present and prospective affordable‑housing obligation at 364 units, revising an advisory number published by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA).
The adopted resolution — introduced by the council’s affordable‑housing subcommittee and supported by town planning staff and outside consultants — begins a multi‑step public process that will move from adoption of the obligation number to a vacant‑land inventory and a planning‑board housing element and fair‑share plan.
Why it matters: Adopting a number by the statutory deadline preserves the municipality’s immunity from builder’s‑remedy lawsuits while the town proceeds through a public planning process to refine how much housing can realistically be built, which parcels are suitable, and what portion becomes unmet need.
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