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Dan Mulligan
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 Posted: Sat, Dec 11 2010, 12:55 am EST Post subject: With advocates' support, Assembly panel approves bill to revise affordable housi |
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The bill will...
Abolish the state Council on Affordable Housing, or COAH.
Provide a major decrease in municipal housing obligations compared to the ones required by COAH.
Exempt 71 municipalities from housing obligations. These municipalities have more than 50 percent of their children participating in free or reduced school lunch programs.
Require municipalities with 20 to 50 percent of their children on free and reduce lunch to ensure 8 percent of their housing is for low- and moderate-income families.
Require municipalities with less than 20 percent of their children on free and reduced lunch to ensure 10 percent of their housing is for low- and moderate-income families.
Eliminate the 2.5 percent fee on commercial development.
Subject residential development that does not include low- and moderate-income housing to a 1.5 percent development fee to help fund affordable housing.
More from new jersey newsroom.com
http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/state/with-advocates-support-assembly-panel-approves-bill-to-revise-affordable-housing-standards |
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| Posted: Mon, Dec 13 2010, 8:31 am EST Post subject: Re: With advocates' support, Assembly panel approves bill to revise affordable h |
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| Good news! |
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Dan Mulligan
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| Posted: Mon, Dec 13 2010, 10:39 am EST Post subject: Re: With advocates' support, Assembly panel approves bill to revise affordable h |
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On the surface it appears to be good for Cranbury however I have not read the entire bill with regard to the amendments. We will know more once we can all as a community fully interpet it (the bill) before its finally passed.
One good sign is the affordable housing advocates and builders do not seem to like bill (see article below). Which probably means towns like ours where they desperately want to build will do well if the bill is passed. However my concern as always is what will affordable housing advocates, builders and their lobbyists get into the final bill that will hurt our town in the long run.
"CONTRARY to what many politicians and municipal officials say, the Council on Affordable Housing is not responsible for the quagmire known commonly as New Jersey's affordable housing policy... http://www.northjersey.com/news/opinions/111742094_Affordable_housing_monkey_wrench.html " |
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| Posted: Mon, Dec 13 2010, 11:41 am EST Post subject: Re: With advocates' support, Assembly panel approves bill to revise affordable h |
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"Require municipalities with less than 20 percent of their children on free and reduced lunch to ensure 10 percent of their housing is for low- and moderate-income families. "
Is this better or worse than what we have now? |
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Dan Mulligan
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| Posted: Mon, Dec 13 2010, 12:27 pm EST Post subject: Re: With advocates' support, Assembly panel approves bill to revise affordable h |
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| Guest wrote: | "Require municipalities with less than 20 percent of their children on free and reduced lunch to ensure 10 percent of their housing is for low- and moderate-income families. "
Is this better or worse than what we have now? |
The 10% number is a good thing vs our original round three number which was much much higher. |
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| Posted: Mon, Dec 13 2010, 5:32 pm EST Post subject: Re: With advocates' support, Assembly panel approves bill to revise affordable h |
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| so far so good. Moving in the right direction. |
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| Posted: Tue, Dec 14 2010, 12:26 am EST Post subject: Re: With advocates' support, Assembly panel approves bill to revise affordable h |
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I think that "affordable" housing should mean that towns should pay whatever they can afford for "affordable" housing.
But, what do I frickin' know? |
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Dan Mulligan
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| Posted: Tue, Dec 14 2010, 9:56 am EST Post subject: Re: With advocates' support, Assembly panel approves bill to revise affordable h |
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| Guest wrote: | I think that "affordable" housing should mean that towns should pay whatever they can afford for "affordable" housing.
But, what do I frickin' know? |
It doesn't even mean "affordable" in the traditional sense. There are a couple houses on the open market right now in Cranbury for less than what it costs to supply a state-qualified "affordable" house. But the state definition of affordable carries tons of requireemnts about the conditions and amentities the house must have so our older homes in town can't qualify. In other words, the state expects the houses we pay and provide for people to be better than many of us, whose taxes are paying for them, live in ourselves.
And then the people who move in can turn around and sell the houses for a profit on the free market and when they do they are removed from our quota of affordable housing and we have to replace them.
It's a scam for builders, plain and simple. |
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Dan Mulligan
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| Posted: Tue, Dec 14 2010, 10:22 am EST Post subject: Re: With advocates' support, Assembly panel approves bill to revise affordable h |
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Based on what I am seeing and reading this bill is DOA unless changes are made in the Senate.
" N.J. Assembly approves bill abolishing Council on Affordable Housing
TRENTON — The state Assembly has passed a controversial bill that would abolish the Council on Affordable Housing, but neither Republicans nor affordable housing advocates are happy with it.
The bill (S1), which passed 43-32, would require towns with less than 20 percent of their children eligible for free or reduced lunch to ensure that one-tenth of their housing stock is for low and moderate-income families. Towns where between 20 and 50 percent of children are eligible for free or reduced lunch would have to make 8 percent of their units affordable. The state’s 71 towns with more than 50 percent of kids receiving free or reduced lunch would be exempt.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/12/nj_assembly_approves_bill_abol.html " |
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