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Pompton Lakes hears briefing on new state affordable-housing law, looming deadlines
Summary
A Colliers planner told the Pompton Lakes Borough Council that a newly adopted state housing law creates new reporting deadlines and a midpoint reopener that could jeopardize municipal immunity if towns miss filings; she urged the borough to begin planning immediately to meet June and January deadlines.
Darlene Green, a planner with Colliers Engineering/Design, told the Pompton Lakes Borough Council on May 8 that a newly adopted 75-page state law will change how municipalities demonstrate they provide a realistic opportunity for affordable housing and imposes near-term reporting deadlines the borough must meet.
"Every town in the state has a constitutional obligation to provide affordable housing," Green said. She summarized several major changes: a midpoint "reopener" that allows challenges to sites lacking preliminary site-plan approval, an increase in the senior-unit credit from 25% to 30%, elimination of certain rental bonus credits and replacement with…
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