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Clark Council advances affordable-housing spending plan and endorses overlay approach to meet state obligation
Summary
Council reviewed and moved resolutions endorsing an amended housing element, a 10-year spending plan for the affordable trust fund and an affordability-assistance manual; officials said the township has $1.6 million in its affordable trust, a present-need obligation of 71 units and a fourth-round unmet obligation of 166 units, with overlay zoning as the primary approach and an intent-to-bond clause as a contingency.
Council and administration members outlined a package of affordable-housing resolutions on March 2 designed to comply with the municipality’s settlement and New Jersey’s Uniform Housing Affordability Controls (UHAC).
Mayor Albanese and the township’s consultant explained that the planning board adopted an amended housing element and fair-share plan and that the council was being asked to endorse that amendment. Resolutions included approval of…
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