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Judiciary outlines rollout of new affordable housing dispute resolution program; committee raises impartiality and capacity questions

2891546 · April 7, 2025
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The judiciary briefed the Assembly Budget Committee on the new affordable housing dispute resolution program: 448 municipalities filed initial actions, the program used retired judges and special adjudicators, and legislative challenges such as Montvale v. State are pending, the director said.

Acting administrative director Michael Blee told the Assembly Budget Committee that the judiciary is administering the new affordable housing dispute resolution program created by recent legislation and provided preliminary counts and timelines.

Blee said the Department of Community Affairs submitted needs calculations and that 448 municipalities filed action plans with the program. As of March 6, he said, 59 of 449 filings had…

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