State Housing Funds Can Stay With Towns, For Now
Appellate judges rule only the Council on Affordable Housing can force municipalities to give their local funds to the state.
New Jersey municipalities' affordable housing funds are safe. For now. Late Friday, the Appellate Division of Superior Court issued an order preventing the state from taking $142 million in local trust fund dollars. The move seemed a bit contradictory, given the court—different judges—had refused to put out a similar injunction last month. But Friday's ruling came as part of a different, yet connected, case. Warning: This gets really complicated and convoluted. A majority of the judges agreed Friday with an argument made by the Fair Share Housing Center that only the Council on Affordable Housing can order towns to give the state the money they have been collecting in development fees, some for decades. This is because in a March 8 order, …
The Stig
1:54 am on Tuesday, August 14, 2012
So after blowing four years, we should give towns another 18 months? What makes you think they'll believe anyone this time. The only thing 18 months covers is the balance of Christie's first term in office. If you think he's getting beat and the next Dem governor will just repeal the law, good luck with that. And didn't the state budget, proposed and approved by Dems include this revenue and … more ›