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Wyckoff officials urged to review draft affordable-housing plan as June 30 deadline nears; committee member says Motteville federal complaint may have beenFiled
Summary
Committee members were told a draft of Wyckoff's fourth-round affordable-housing plan is expected within weeks and must be finalized before the June 30 filing deadline; a committee member also said a Motteville federal complaint alleging unequal municipal treatment under the program may have been filed that afternoon.
A committee member urged the Wyckoff Township Committee to meet promptly to review a forthcoming draft of the township's fourth-round affordable-housing plan because finalized resolutions and ordinances must be filed by the program's June 30 deadline.
"As soon as our planner does get that plan or at least draft it together, we should have a meeting," the member said, noting that the township will likely need to adopt resolutions and ordinances and file the required materials before the deadline.
The same committee member said their litigation group had prepared a Motteville federal complaint challenging aspects of municipal treatment under the housing program and that the complaint "may have actually been filed this afternoon." They said the complaint will raise an equal-protection claim under the 14th Amendment in the U.S. Constitution and will be followed in the District of New Jersey.
The exchange was informational: the committee discussed scheduling follow-up for plan review and noted the potential litigation but did not vote or adopt positions in the work session. Committee members asked procedural questions about where federal filings would be heard and the timing; no additional legal details or filings were presented in the transcript during the meeting.
