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West Windsor council endorses 2025–2035 housing element to meet state deadlines and seek litigation immunity
Summary
At a June 25 special session, the West Windsor Township Council unanimously endorsed the Planning Board’s 2025–2035 housing element and fair share plan (Resolution 2025-R-148), triggering state filing deadlines, an objection period through Aug. 31, and steps to seek compliance certification and protection from builders'-remedy litigation.
West Windsor Township Council endorsed the Planning Board’s 2025–2035 housing element and fair share plan on June 25, 2025, adopting a resolution (2025-R-148) that the township will upload to the state to meet a June 30 filing deadline and to begin the process of seeking compliance certification and immunity from builders’-remedy litigation.
The endorsement follows the Planning Board’s adoption of the plan earlier that night and is a procedural step required under New Jersey’s affordable housing law and Department of Community Affairs (DCA) rules. Mike Kerberts, a township staff member who summarized the process for the council, said, “Once this endorsement is uploaded, June 30 is the deadline.”
The nut graf: Council members and township staff framed the vote as a legal and procedural necessity to protect West Windsor from potential lawsuits while preserving the full, standard land‑use review process for any specific sites identified in the plan.
Council discussion and staff explanation
Mike Kerberts described the state process: the Planning Board’s adopted housing…
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