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Belmar hears detailed update on third- and fourth-round affordable-housing process; developer challenge centers on 4th & Ocean project
Summary
Redevelopment counsel Francine McAdam told the council the borough faces challenges from Fair Share Housing Center and developers over its fourth-round plan, outlined DCA 'numbers and a likely December 10 session before the program judge, and said a 7th Avenue redevelopment project could supply required affordable units.
Francine McAdam, redevelopment counsel for the borough, told the council Monday night that Belmar has completed key steps in its third-round affordable-housing process and is now working through an expedited fourth-round timetable that includes court-managed challenges.
"A compliance hearing was held on 10/17/2025," McAdam said, summarizing the third-round outcome and the court's conditional judgment of compliance and repose. She told the council the court conditions include adopting a spending plan for the affordable-housing trust fund and adopting an affirmative marketing plan, both of which were on Monday's agenda.
Why it matters: the borough must satisfy new, faster fourth-round deadlines set by the state and show how it will meet a portion of any unmet need. Failure to secure fourth-round immunity could expose Belmar to builders'remedy lawsuits, McAdam warned, and the borough is negotiating with challengers but declined to discuss settlement details in the public meeting.
McAdam said the Department of Community Affairs's (DCA) fourth-round calculation set Belmar's prospective new-construction…
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