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Planning board adopts fourth-round housing element and fair-share plan aiming to meet 375-unit obligation
Summary
Morris Township's Planning Board adopted a fourth-round housing element and fair-share plan on June 16 that relies on a mix of new inclusionary projects, special-needs housing, redevelopments and extensions of affordability controls to meet a court-ordered prospective need of 375 units.
The Morris Township Planning Board on June 16 adopted the township's fourth-round housing element and fair-share plan, directing staff to file the plan with the court and to ask the township committee to endorse and implement the plan.
Board counsel and the planner presented the plan, which reflects a negotiated prospective need of 375 units for the 10-year fourth round (July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2035). That prospective need is substantially lower than the Department of Community Affairs's initial nonbinding estimate of 571 units; the township's professionals and counsel negotiated the 375-unit prospective need through the Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program and a settlement recorded in court on May 2, 2025.
The plan bundles a portfolio of sites and strategies the township expects to use to meet the obligation: inclusionary redevelopment and rezoning projects (townhomes and stacked…
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