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Green Township Committee adopts affordable housing spending plan, introduces two ordinances
Summary
The Committee adopted a 2026 Affordable Housing Spending Plan, a Rehabilitation Plan and an Affirmative Marketing Plan and introduced two ordinances to update development-fee rules and the municipal code for affordable housing; the Committee also authorized the municipal attorney to enter a Consent Order on fourth-round obligations.
The Green Township Committee on Feb. 2 adopted a package of affordable housing actions required by recent state law and introduced two implementing ordinances.
The Committee unanimously approved Resolution 2026-60 adopting the township’s Fourth Round Affordable Housing Spending Plan, Resolution 2026-61 adopting a Rehabilitation Plan, and Resolution 2026-62 adopting an Affirmative Marketing Plan. Township Attorney Ursula Leo told the Committee these documents are required by statute and must be adopted by March 15, 2026 to comply with the fourth-round obligations under the amended Fair Housing Act.
Committee members then introduced Ordinance 2026-02, which updates the municipal development-fee rules (including residential and nonresidential fee rates and collection procedures), and Ordinance 2026-03, which deletes older housing liaison and Fair Share Plan code sections and replaces them with a consolidated chapter entitled “Affordable Housing Requirements.” Both ordinances were advanced to a public hearing scheduled for Feb. 17, 2026.
The ordinances and resolutions include detailed provisions intended to align township practice with state requirements for spending plans, affordability controls, affirmative marketing, and monitoring through the DCA Affordable Housing Monitoring System. The Committee also authorized the municipal attorney to execute a proposed Consent Order on the township’s fourth-round obligation (docket SSX-L-000050-25), which formalizes the municipality’s plan for meeting its allocation and provides the procedural protections associated with court review.
Why it matters: The adopted spending plan and ordinances set how development fees and other trust-fund revenues may be used to create or preserve affordable units, finance rehabilitation programs, and fund affirmative marketing and administrative costs. They also set detailed unit mix, affordability targeting and monitoring requirements that will govern any new inclusionary developments, conversions, accessory apartments, rehabilitation projects and related programs in Green Township.
What’s next: Ordinances 2026-02 and 2026-03 will be the subject of public hearings on Feb. 17; if adopted the Land Use Board and municipal staff will begin implementation and required reporting to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.
