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[quote="Guest"][b]Legislators urge housing deadline extension Towns struggling to offer plans by Dec. 31[/b] Tuesday, December 09, 2008 BY TOM HESTER Star-Ledger Staff The main sponsors of a law approved in July to boost New Jersey's affordable housing efforts yesterday called for a 90-day extension of a Dec. 31 deadline for 214 towns to submit their plans on how many houses and apartments they can provide. Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts (D-Camden) and Assemblyman Jerry Green (D-Union), chairman of the lower house's Housing and Local Government Committee, made the request to Lucy Vanderberg, director of the state Council on Affordable Housing. "With many communities struggling to adapt COAH's third-round housing rules, the state must provide more flexibility to help the towns adjust," the lawmakers said. "Extending the Dec. 31 deadline under which municipalities must submit housing plans is a top priority." Roberts and Green said the ongoing global economic crisis has hit towns and the housing market hard. They said state housing and environmental officials also need more time to work on new wastewater management rules for towns. Chris Donnelly, a spokesman for state Community Affairs Commissioner Joseph Doria, who is also the COAH chairman, said the recommendation to extend the deadline would be considered. [i]full text here[/i] http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-12/122880095316840.xml&coll=1[/quote]
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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Cranbury Conservative</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu, Dec 18 2008, 10:35 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: A wonderful opportunity to transform COAH</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Mr. Russo’s idea just makes so much sense. His Idea makes even more sense now because of the times we live in here in 2008 soon to be 2009. That is because our current economic situation here is New Jersey is bleak at best. <br /> <br />In these uncertain economic times if there is anyway we can lessen the burden of the taxpayers of New Jersey while at the same time helping our fellow residents then in my opinion it can be done through embracing Mr. Russo’s idea of using affordable housing funds which have already been collected and total over $200 million dollars to help families in New Jersey who risk loosing their homes. <br /> <br />While I am not a fan of bailouts I can say that I see this use of these funds as common sense because the other option we have before us is to force taxpayers to spend BILLIONS of dollars on the unfunded mandate of affordable housing in New Jersey. <br /> <br />By spending the $200 million dollars on helping struggling families keeps their homes we are also at the same time eliminating their potential need down the road for affordable housing. <br /> <br />Again this just makes sense. <br /> <br />Another idea for what can be done with affordable housing was posted as a comment from a fellow reader of Mr. Mulshine's article…. <br /> <br /><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-style: italic">“Posted by JerseyOpine on 12/11/08 at 9:06PM <br />I agree. Let's use that $200 plus million earmarked for affordable housing, & apply it to the affordable housing mortgage crisis now in effect. <br /> <br />THEN - as soon as plans are made for the monies disbursement, the Legislature should immediately disband COAH & put Mt. Laurel on ice. Revisit it in 25 years when the state has had some time to recover from all the damages inflicted by Mt. Laurel & COAH. <br /> <br />Assuming that 25 yrs from now there still is a state of NJ.”</span></span> <br /> <br />The first point I have to make here is the best thing about online articles I read on NJ.com, APP.com or MyCentralJersey.com are the comments made at the end of the articles from readers. Sometimes the comments make you laugh. However typically the readers seem to only improve the articles on these sites through their thoughts and suggestions. <br /> <br />A great example of just that is the posting above from JerseyOpine. That is because JerseyOpine gets it when it comes to the affordable housing mess here in New Jersey. Now all we need if for Governor Corzine and the rest of the Party in charge of Trenton to get it as well. <br /> <br />By get it I mean they need to realize it is time to end this mess we have in New Jersey which is called affordable housing once and for all.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Star Ledger</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu, Dec 18 2008, 5:28 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: A wonderful opportunity to transform COAH</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">A wonderful opportunity to transform COAH <br />Posted by Paul Mulshine/ The Star-Ledger December 11, 2008 <br /> <br />Speaking to a conference on the housing crisis in Washington Monday, Gov. Jon Corzine invoked the classic Christmas movie "It's a Wonderful Life." <br /> <br />"We can all recall that famous scene where George Bailey leaps over the counter at his building-and-loan to assure his neighbors that 'This thing isn't as black as it appears,'" the governor said. <br /> <br /> <br />Corzine went on to propose a three- to six-month moratorium on home foreclosures. In the interim, he proposed, the feds could put up money so mortgages could be restructured to avoid foreclosures. <br /> <br />But why wait for the feds to act? New Jersey has plenty of money set aside for the purpose of providing affordable housing. Municipalities around the states have stockpiled more than $203 million for housing under the direction of the state Council on Affordable Housing. If Corzine and the legislators were in the mood to play Santa with that money, they could amend the law that set up COAH in time for Christmas. <br /> <br />As it stands, that money is supposed to be spent building houses that would not be constructed for years, if at all. The COAH approach is based on the idea that low-cost housing will be built as a percentage of the market-rate housing that is built in a town. There are two problems with this. One is that in boom times it's a formula for endless suburban sprawl. The other problem is that in bust times nobody builds any housing. And we're in a bust. <br /> <br />Several months ago, I got a good suggestion from attorney John Russo of Toms River on how the state should deal with the crisis. Toms River is a perennial target of COAH even though it has lots of affordable housing. Russo, the son of the former state senator of the same name, proposed that towns be permitted to use their affordable housing funds to help struggling homeowners restructure their mortgages. It makes far more sense to keep a family in a house than to have that family evicted and then build it another house, Russo argues. <br /> <br />Meanwhile, there's another argument over COAH, one that will be hashed out today in Trenton. It seems that the council has denied a request by Assembly Speaker Joe Roberts to give towns an extra 90 days to submit their affordable-housing plans, which are due by the end of this month. <br /> <br />One reason they need the extra time is that COAH badly botched the open-space estimates on which housing quotas are based. The Garden State Parkway right-of-way in Cranford, for example, was identified by COAH as a likely spot for future townhouses and condos. So were lots of parks, playgrounds and even backyards. <br /> <br />The Republicans in the state Senate are planning to introduce legislation today to impose the 90-day grace period by law. <br /> <br />Roberts, who is a liberal Democrat and generally a defender of the COAH approach, was not too happy with COAH when I called him yesterday. <br /> <br />"My reaction is extreme disappointment," Roberts said. "I think a moderate deadline extension was a completely reasonable request." <br /> <br />"Reasonable" and COAH do not belong in the same sentence. The council embarrassed the Corzine administration earlier this year when a $17,500 affordable-housing fee was imposed on a Sussex County family that had lost its home in a fire and wanted to rebuild. The fee was rescinded after the story got into the papers, but the bureaucrats had outdone themselves. Even the evil Mr. Potter wouldn't have tried such a hardhearted stunt in Pottersville. <br /> <br />I ran Russo's proposal for COAH reform by Roberts. <br /> <br />"Anything we can do to match people in need to available, affordable housing is a smart idea," he said. "Just because we haven't done something before doesn't mean we shouldn't take a serious look at it." <br /> <br />The COAH approach is going to get a serious look one way or another. State Treasurer David Rousseau was nearly booed off the podium at the League of Municipalities convention last month over the issue, with both Democrats and Republicans joining in. League director Bill Dressel says that mayors would much prefer to use their housing funds to help people stay in their houses. <br /> <br />"There is an immediate need to deal with people who quite frankly are the same folks we're trying to help through the affordable housing program," said Dressel. "We don't need to go out and look for these folks." <br /> <br />No, they're right here in the many equivalents of Bedford Falls whom the governor can find right here in New Jersey. <br /> <br />"I suspect that even George Bailey might be three months delinquent on his mortgage this year," said Corzine the other day. "The image of a sheriff's deputy placing a padlock on the house at 320 Sycamore St. is a chilling one." <br /> <br />It is indeed. As George Bailey said, this thing isn't as bad as it appears. And like Bailey, Corzine should realize he has the resources to deal with it right here at home. <br /> <br /><a href="http://blog.nj.com/njv_paul_mulshine/2008/12/a_wonderful_opportunity_to_tra.html" target="_blank">http://blog.nj.com/njv_paul_mulshine/2008/12/a_wonderful_opportunity_to_tra.html</a></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri, Dec 12 2008, 12:58 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Plan for COAH Reform</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Funny how Roberts makes an unpopular bill. Gets all the cronies in line to get it passed. Then when he asks for a favor is told no. <br /> <br />I wonder how honest Roberts was about changing things. Given his adamant support, this could be a case of him saying one thing in the paper for votes and another behind closed doors. "let me give my bluster, but you keep hard and fast to deadlines and numbers. That way I can look good and you can keep everything."</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Cranbury Conservative</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri, Dec 12 2008, 12:17 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: BATEMAN BILL TO EXTEND COAH DEADLINE BY</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">BATEMAN BILL TO EXTEND COAH DEADLINE BY <br /> <br />SIX MONTHS INTRODUCED INTO SENATE <br /> <br />Extension Supported by Republican Leader Tom Kean <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R-Somerset, Morris) introduced legislation that would expand the timeline for municipalities to file affordable housing plans with the Council On Affordable Housing (COAH). By allowing the filing extension, the bill S-2448, will provide the Legislature with time to fix the substantive errors in the COAH regulations and laws. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> “It is clear that most of the 566 municipalities in New Jersey need more time to comply with the new and very complex directives from the COAH,” Bateman stated. “The Legislature also needs more time to better balance residential and commercial development with serious environmental challenges and the need for affordable housing in the state.” <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> The legislation would extend the deadline for municipalities filing a fair share housing plan from December 31, 2008, to June 30, 2009, at noon. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> “Extending the filing deadline is a bicameral, bipartisan effort,” Bateman continued. “I am working closely with Senator Ray Lesniak to extend the deadline in the Senate. In the General Assembly Speaker Roberts and Chairman Green are also calling for an extension of the filing deadline.” <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Senate Republican Leader Tom Kean noted that lengthening the filing deadline will allow the necessary time to draft remedial amendments to the COAH law and regulations. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> “The Legislature did not have adequate time to analyze and deliberate on the COAH laws and regulations this summer,” Kean concluded. “The Senate and the General Assembly must not make the same mistake again -- we must implement common sense solutions while being accountable to housing, job growth and environmental concerns.”</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Philadelphia Inquirer</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri, Dec 12 2008, 11:38 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Roberts calls for delaying affordable-housing deadline</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Roberts calls for delaying affordable-housing deadline <br />By Jonathan Tamari <br />Posted on Tue, Dec. 9, 2008 <br />Inquirer Trenton Bureau <br /> <br />Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts Jr. called yesterday for giving some towns more time to finish their affordable-housing plans, putting a key voice behind the outcry for delaying the latest state requirements. <br />Roberts, a Camden County Democrat, said municipalities should be allowed to apply for a 90-day extension of the Dec. 31 deadline for submitting plans to meet state-mandated affordable-housing quotas. The move would, in at least some areas, represent another road bump for a process that has been stalled by disputes for nearly a decade. <br /> <br />Roberts has been a leading proponent of expanding affordable housing, so his support of another delay could prove significant. But he did not go as far as others who have called for a blanket 180-day delay for all towns. <br /> <br />"We continue to share the commitment to maximize affordable housing in New Jersey, but with many communities struggling to adapt to [the] third-round rules, the state must provide more flexibility to help towns adjust," Roberts wrote to the state Council of Affordable Housing. Assemblyman Jerry Green (D., Union) cosigned. <br /> <br />In asking for some delays, Roberts cited concerns over regulatory changes that came as recently as September, the effect of the economic crisis on the housing market, and some pending state environmental rules that are due in April. It was not clear from his letter what the criteria for an extension would be. <br /> <br />"We appreciate their concern, and COAH is taking their recommendations under consideration," said Chris Donnelly, a spokesman for the state department that oversees affordable housing. <br /> <br />The third round of housing mandates was first due in 1999, according to the Fair Share Housing Center in Cherry Hill, but has been stalled by administrative delays and lawsuits from both sides. <br /> <br />The latest rules could require towns to provide roughly 115,000 new affordable-housing units over 15 years. Towns were supposed to submit plans to comply by the end of the year. <br /> <br />Mayors say the regulations are based on faulty estimates, however, and will force them to build to unmanageable densities. The plans could require them to build on open spaces or spend huge sums on infrastructure needed to go along with all the new residents, they say. <br /> <br />The requirements, combined with a law approved earlier this year tightening how towns meet their mandates, have led to an outcry from Republicans in Trenton and mayors of all parties, who are suing to block the obligations. <br /> <br />Sen. Raymond Lesniak, a Union County Democrat who sponsored the tougher law in June, has even joined the Republican critics and is among those calling for a 180-day delay. Several lawmakers have plans to introduce bills revamping the entire affordable-housing program. <br /> <br />"An extension treats the symptoms created by the COAH disease, but we also need to cure the malady; that is: insufficient funds to build affordable housing and COAH imposed obligations that are environmentally and economically unsound," Lesniak wrote in an e-mail yesterday. <br /> <br />Affordable-housing advocates have previously bristled at calls for a delay, but sounded open to Roberts' plan. <br /> <br />"If there are towns that need a little time to get this right in order to get this housing built and protect the environment, it is reasonable for them to ask COAH for a brief delay," Diane Sterner, executive director of the Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey, said in a statement. <br /> <br />Mayors favor the more expansive, and longer, delay. <br /> <br />"We view a 90-day extension as a good beginning," said William Dressel, executive director of the New Jersey League of Municipalities, which is leading the lawsuit against the latest requirements. "But the league has called on the governor to issue an executive order allowing for a six-month extension." <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20081209_Roberts_calls_for_delaying_affordable-housing_deadline.html" target="_blank">http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/nj/20081209_Roberts_calls_for_delaying_affordable-housing_deadline.html</a></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri, Dec 12 2008, 11:28 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: RUMANA-POLISTINA-AMODEO BILL TO SUSPEND COAH REGULATIONS DURING ECONOMIC DOWNTUR</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">RUMANA-POLISTINA-AMODEO BILL TO SUSPEND COAH REGULATIONS DURING ECONOMIC DOWNTURN <br /> <br />In the wake of the Council on Affordable Housing’s refusal to suspend the December 31st deadline for towns to submit affordable housing plans, Assemblymen Scott Rumana, Vince Polistina, and John Amodeo will introduce legislation Monday to suspend the COAH regulations during the current economic downturn. <br /> <br />“The impact of this new housing mandate will be devastating to our communities and we must act now to put a stop to this program,” said Rumana, R-Passaic, Bergen and Essex. “The state’s entire approach to the creation of affordable housing is misguided and we need to scrap the current rules and develop a new approach.” <br /> <br />The new Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) regulations require towns to submit affordable housing plans by the end of this year. On Monday, Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts asked that COAH delay that deadline by up to 90 days, but the council refused to comply with that request. <br /> <br />The Rumana-Polistina-Amodeo bill would address the numerous problems with the new affordable housing plan. Under their bill the COAH calculations of affordable housing obligations would be only advisory for municipalities – not mandatory. Towns would be deemed to have temporary substantive certification from the council and the proposed 2.5 percent commercial development fee would be suspended. <br /> <br />“This new housing mandate will drive up property taxes, destroy open space and discourage economic development,” said Polistina R-Atlantic. “Our legislation will put the brakes on this plan and give us an opportunity to come up with a better long-term approach to dealing with the affordable housing issue in New Jersey.” <br /> <br />“As currently structured these new COAH regulations are an unfunded mandate on local communities,” said Amodeo, R-Atlantic. “At a time when property taxes are already unaffordable for many families, and state aid to towns has been slashed, we cannot afford to put this additional burden on these communities.” <br /> <br />This suspension of the law would remain in effect until the New Jersey Real Estate Commission certified that the level of existing single family home sales in the state exceeds the level reported in 2006, or for five years, whichever happens first. During that time, Rumana, Amodeo and Polistina said the state should reconsider its entire approach to the affordable housing issue. <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.politickernj.com/bguhl/26044/rumana-polistina-amodeo-bill-suspend-coah-regulations-during-economic-downturn" target="_blank">http://www.politickernj.com/bguhl/26044/rumana-polistina-amodeo-bill-suspend-coah-regulations-during-economic-downturn</a></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Jersey Dad</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu, Dec 11 2008, 11:36 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Plan for COAH Reform</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Win, <br />Thanks for the update. At tonight's Planning Board meeting, I asked if, given the opportunity, Cranbury would take advantage of an extension. The PB explained that the TC will make that decision. <br /> <br />I hope we take advantage of an extension if the option is available. As I understand it, submitting our plan early has some significant disadvantages. <br /> <br />JD</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>wcody</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu, Dec 11 2008, 9:35 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Plan for COAH Reform</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"><span style="font-weight: bold">Senator Christopher Bateman (R-16) Bateman: COAH Ignores Speaker Roberts Reasonable Request For Filing Extension</span> <br /> <br />December 10, 2008 <br /> <br />Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R-Somerset) issued the following statement regarding the Council On Affordable Housing’s (COAH) refusal to consider a request by Assembly Speaker Roberts and Chairman Green of the Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee to extend the filing deadline for municipalities to submit their housing plans to COAH. The current deadline in December 31, the speaker and the Chairman requested that it be extended by 90 days. <br /> <br />“It is disturbing that the COAH chose to ignore a reasonable request by the Speaker of the General Assembly and the Chairman of the Housing and Local Government Committee to extend the filing deadline by at least 90 days. Common sense demonstrates that municipalities simply need more time to satisfy the ever-changing and arbitrary demands of the Council On Affordable Housing. <br /> <br />“As a result of the Council’s decision to ignore the Speaker and the Chairman I renew my call to Governor Corzine to extend the filing deadline by six months. This position has bipartisan support in the Senate and is also supported by the State League of Municipalities. If the Corzine Administration fails to act on this request I will attempt to impose the deadline extension by legislation which will be introduced at tomorrow’s Senate quorum.” <br /> <br />Link to Post: <br /><a href="http://www.senatenj.com/index.php/bateman/bateman-coah-ignores-speaker-roberts-reasonable-request-for-filing-extension/1802" target="_blank">http://www.senatenj.com/index.php/bateman/bateman-coah-ignores-speaker-roberts-reasonable-request-for-filing-extension/1802</a></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue, Dec 9 2008, 11:28 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Plan for COAH Reform</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"><span style="font-weight: bold">Legislators urge housing deadline extension <br />Towns struggling to offer plans by Dec. 31</span> <br /> <br />Tuesday, December 09, 2008 <br /> <br />BY TOM HESTER <br />Star-Ledger Staff <br /> <br />The main sponsors of a law approved in July to boost New Jersey's affordable housing efforts yesterday called for a 90-day extension of a Dec. 31 deadline for 214 towns to submit their plans on how many houses and apartments they can provide. <br /> <br />Assembly Speaker Joseph Roberts (D-Camden) and Assemblyman Jerry Green (D-Union), chairman of the lower house's Housing and Local Government Committee, made the request to Lucy Vanderberg, director of the state Council on Affordable Housing. <br /> <br />"With many communities struggling to adapt COAH's third-round housing rules, the state must provide more flexibility to help the towns adjust," the lawmakers said. "Extending the Dec. 31 deadline under which municipalities must submit housing plans is a top priority." <br /> <br />Roberts and Green said the ongoing global economic crisis has hit towns and the housing market hard. They said state housing and environmental officials also need more time to work on new wastewater management rules for towns. <br /> <br />Chris Donnelly, a spokesman for state Community Affairs Commissioner Joseph Doria, who is also the COAH chairman, said the recommendation to extend the deadline would be considered. <br /> <br /><span style="font-style: italic">full text here</span> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-12/122880095316840.xml&coll=1" target="_blank">http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-12/122880095316840.xml&coll=1</a></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Cranbury Conservative</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon, Dec 8 2008, 4:04 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Plan for COAH Reform</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">First it is great to see this from Senator Baroni he has always been a voice for Cranbury. Further he gets the big picture for his district when it comes to the affordable housing rules and regulations and how it will hurt many towns in his district. <br /> <br />As for Greenstein yes she has been quiet and we have not yet seen one comment in the press supporting Cranbury and how wrong these rules and regulations are not only for our town but for many other towns in the district. <br /> <br />My call is that if/when some changes are made she will come out with the "I was working back channels" line. Or she did not want to publically offend Speaker Roberts. <br /> <br />To me she just says what is politically expedient at the time and she will do and say what she needs to keep her job. <br /> <br />Hopefully everyone in our district can see through this and vote her out along with Wayne DeAngelo in 09.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Jeff M.</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon, Dec 8 2008, 3:05 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Plan for COAH Reform</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">It's nice to see this from Bill. I wonder where Linda is? She seems very quiet. There were a lot of defenders including Mr. Ritter and our TC. Yet, she's been quiet. Wayne, well....no one supports Wayne and we all know he won't vote a change... <br /> <br />Considering it's an election year, Linda better understand that it is the voters who keep her in office. Even Roberts has said an extension is a good idea, so you'd think Linda would start her releases and efforts know. Or perhaps she was all talk...</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>wcody</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon, Dec 8 2008, 2:36 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Plan for COAH Reform</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Sen. Bill Baroni put out a press release regarding COAH. I am glad he is continuing to try and work this out. <br /> <br />Win Cody <br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold"> OFFICE OF BILL BARONI <br />SENATOR, 14TH DISTRICT</span> <br /> <br />For Immediate Release <br />Contact: Michelle Olaya <br />December 8, 2008 <br /> <br /><span style="font-weight: bold">BARONI: WE MUST ACT NOW TO REFORM COAH <br />Senator Introduces Legislation to Change COAH formula</span> <br /> <br />HAMILTON, NJ – Senator Bill Baroni (R-Mercer/Middlesex) today announced the introduction of legislation that will amend the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) regulations. <br /> <br />This bill would require COAH to limit the job creation estimate for warehousing development in municipalities. The amended regulations would provide that any job creation estimated when nonresidential development occurs would be limited to .26 jobs per 1,000 square feet instead of the current 1 job per 1,000 square feet. Under the current COAH regulations municipalities statewide are required to account for one affordable housing unit for every 16 jobs and one unit for approximately 10,000 square feet of warehouse. <br /> <br />“The current formula used for COAH has an unrealistically high warehousing measure. There has been an extreme miscalculation on the part of the state regarding the number of jobs created by warehouses. This miscalculation will have a devastating impact in many of our towns.” said Baroni. <br /> <br />“A number of municipalities are being forced to satisfy obligations that overestimate their needs when warehousing is concerned. Cranbury, Monroe, and South Brunswick will feel the brunt of this growth. The COAH regulations are altering the fundamental nature of our towns.” added Baroni. <br /> <br />As an example, Cranbury Township officials have estimated that they could see a population increase of more than 50% and account for nearly 12 times as many housing units. The township currently has any where from 600 to 950 homes and would be forced to build approximately 1,000 additional homes. Both residents and township officials have voiced opposition to COAH regulations with concerns ranging from financial to infrastructure issues. <br /> <br />“Cranbury is a great example of what smart growth is all about,” said Baroni. “This is a town that has been diligent in preserving open space, approving ratables to help stabilize property taxes, and has one K-8 school, which has kept school costs down. But most importantly, they have kept up with all of their COAH obligations. Unless corrective legislation is passed, all of this hard work will have been done in vain.” <br /> <br />“Cranbury is one of the few ‘small towns’ left in New Jersey – one of the few places you can walk down a real main street, a place where you know your neighbors. I want to make sure that the way of life the elected officials and the residents of Cranbury have worked to hard to build, is not ruined,” said Baroni. <br /> <br />Other Legislators are also calling on changes to COAH. Senator Raymond Lesniak, a co-sponsor of the original legislation, has announced that he will be drafting legislation to correct some of the deficiencies in the original bill. <br /> <br />“I applaud Senator Lesniak for working to make these necessary changes to a system that could burden many towns. I hope to work with him as he considers fixes for this legislation,” stated Baroni.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>wcody</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sat, Dec 6 2008, 9:27 am EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Plan for COAH Reform</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"><span style="font-weight: bold">Trenton explores extending affordable housing deadline Governor's office and legislative leaders discussing compromise on law</span> <br /> <br />Saturday, December 06, 2008 <br />BY TOM HESTER <br />Star-Ledger Staff <br /> <br />The governor's office and legislative leaders are quietly discussing a compromise that would extend the Dec. 31 deadline for municipalities to submit their affordable housing plans to the state, alter the way the housing is financed and revive some efforts by suburban towns to sell their housing requirements to urban centers. <br /> <br />Senators Raymond Lesniak (D-Union), who is pushing for the changes, huddled with Gov. Jon Corzine, his aides, and Assembly Speaker Joseph Robert (D-Camden) at the Statehouse on Thursday. He said he is confident there will be compromise to alter a landmark affordable housing law that was signed in July. <br /> <br />"The only thing I can say is we are pushing for a reform law that would actually get affordable housing built and not drag down the economy," Lesniak said. "Hopefully, we can get something done before the holidays." <br /> <br />Lesniak and Sen. Christopher "Kip" Bateman (R-Somerset) are preparing legislation that would allow some pending "regional contribution agreements" where cities get paid by suburban towns to take on part of their affordable housing obligations. The agreements in question involve about 17 cities and towns. <br /> <br /><span style="font-style: italic">Full article link</span> <br /> <br /><a href="http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-14/1228541750222950.xml&coll=1" target="_blank">http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-14/1228541750222950.xml&coll=1</a></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>wcody</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue, Dec 2 2008, 9:49 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Plan for COAH Reform</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"><span style="font-weight: bold">Amid economic downturn, mayoral backlash, Lesniak anticipates COAH finetuning </span> <br /> <br />By Max Pizarro, PolitickerNJ.com Reporter <br /> <br />Unlike Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Lonegan, Marlboro Mayor Jonathan Hornik doesn’t want Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) obligations scrapped. <br /> <br />But like a lot of other mayors who found it hard to generate a party mood at the League of Municipalities conference in the face of a deadline at the end of this month to submit finished plans in concert with the new rules, the mayor does want lawmakers to review COAH – and at the very least make some exceptions. <br /> <br />Specifically, Hornik wants Gov. Jon Corzine and the Legislature to consider amending the new regs so years-long, painstaking work Marlboro officials undertook to transfer some of the Monmouth County town’s affordable housing stock to Trenton won’t be rendered invalid. <br /> <br />“Marlboro and the City of Trenton had contracted in July of 2004 to enter into a 332 unit Regional Contribution Agreement (RCA),” Hornik wrote today in a letter to the governor, a version of which he also dispatched to members of the Legislature. “Marlboro has previously submitted petitions to COAH which included this RCA and both municipalities have relied on this agreement for years. <br /> <br />“To ask municipalities which have relied on such agreements for years to simply make alternate plans is not the answer,” the mayor added. “An opportunity should be afforded to lawmakers to explore the sudden and severe affects of (the law) on municipalities (like Marlboro) which are attempting to meet their Mount Laurel obligations.” <br /> <br />For his part, state Sen. Joseph Kyrillos (R-Monmouth) doesn’t need another gander at the new COAH regs to be convinced that the 2.5 percent fee on non-residential development to pay for affordable housing will do anything other than slow economic development. <br /> <br />“It’s a very dangerous scheme, which is not going to produce affordable housing and will produce the unintended consequences of freezing housing by serving as a major tax increase for property tax payers in this state,” said Kyrillos, reiterating his argument from earlier this year when he voted “no” on the new regs designed to encourage affordable housing construction across the state and not merely in lower income neighborhoods and cities. <br /> <br />“My preference would be an outright freeze or radical surgery, and I’m happy Sen. Lesniak is of a similar mind in taking steps to blow this thing up before we go down a very dangerous path,” Kyrillos added. <br /> <br />State Sen. Steve Oroho (R-Sussex) agrees with Lonegan that lawmakers need to sink COAH in a downcast economy. <br /> <br />“Don’t put patch works on regulations,” Oroho said. “Make New Jersey more affordable. We’re all for affordable housing, but I think with all of the regulations, we’re adding more and more to the cost of doing business and so they’re just leaving. I told governor to suspend COAH.” <br /> <br /> <br />The Senate sponsor of the new COAH regs, state Sen. Ray Lesniak (D-Union) said he anticipates an overhaul by the middle of this month. <br /> <br />“If we let the COAH regs stand as is, we won’t have any economic recovery,” Lesniak said. “We will have new legislation before we break (for the Christmas holiday).” <br /> <br />MAX PIZARRO is a PolitickerNJ.com Reporter and can be reached via email at <a href="mailto:max@politicsnj.com">max@politicsnj.com</a>.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>ed k</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed, Nov 26 2008, 11:52 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Thanksgiving day in Cranbury with the latest COAH STUFF...ing</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"><a href="http://cranbury.ning.com/profiles/blogs/thanksgiving-day-in-cranbury" target="_blank">http://cranbury.ning.com/profiles/blogs/thanksgiving-day-in-cranbury</a> <br /> <br />Thanksgiving day is approaching and recent developments with COAH3 in the past month shows some positive things to be thankful for. This month has been a busy one with major backing from Sen. Baroni and Bateman and even a democrat Lesniak all making some progress that would address the problems with NJ Affordable Housing COAH3 rules (Though still no peep from our own Assemble representatives Greenstein or Deangelo and I've even emailed both of them to publically support this effort for Cranbury and rest of district 14) Refer to attached article as a good Oct/Nov summary from Brian Nelson write-up below. <br /> <br />The most important one for Cranbury taxpayers to focus on supporting a non-partisan bill introduced in October 20, 2008 (S2292), this will eliminate a unjust job growth tax that causes the biggest building/tax burden for Cranbury (and also NJ taxpayers in general who would have to makeup the differences in all municipalities.) Despite this being a new requirement, the implementation suppresses Job growth in NJ during the worst financial crisis in memory. The only strategy that was attempted to fix this new job growth tax in COAH3 in the past, was to invalidate the calculations. Now this new bill S2292 introduced by Sen. Bateman and supported by a non-partisan NJ legislators has even stronger evidence of the $20BIL tax burden that puts at least an estimate on what the NJ taxpayer will be on the hook for. And this was the biggest issue we all have had in the past in addressing COAH, that was good info. Now with even more hard data recently published about these unfunded municipal costs racking up $2bil/yr, the NJ taxpayer can now get educated more about this data and how it will affect their own job and increase their state/local taxes. <br /> <br />One of the biggest problems in the last election had been identified is how uneducated NJ taxpayer is about COAH, most just didnt understand the impact of these recent changes will have on there own pocketbook. Fairleigh Dickinson University poll found that 51% of New Jersey voters have never heard about COAH which require suburban communities in New Jersey to promote Affordable Housing. The Fairleigh Dickinson poll also found that 23% of New Jersey voters said they knew “Just a little” about the Mount Laurel decisions at all. <br /> <br />The nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services (OLS) published an analysis showing a $20BIL estimate tax impact to NJ, this is just the type of education needed to prepare for changes either in COAH3 or in our State Assembly in the 2009 election. As the financial crisis and reduction in homeowner values starts to sink in, this coming 2009 election year will be an important turning point for many who supported the original version of COAH3 rules. I firmly believe that the majority of NJ taxpayers can get educated about how COAH3 needs to be fixed by the next election and it is the responsibility of all citizens in the 200 NJ municipalities affected to personally get involved. <br /> <br />When talking to family and friends this holiday season (even all year) please educate every NJ taxpayer you know about what COAH3 will do to NJ and your own municipality specifically. Explain to them about the need to fix COAH3, and how it will help keep jobs in NJ and taxes lower. Let them know who in Trenton is trying to fix it, and who is not. In the 14th district only Sen. Bill Baroni has publically supported it, and I am assuming from the silence that both Linda and Wayne are against reforming COAH3. So to make big changes in 2009 we need to start early educating all of NJ about what COAH means, we have a year to make a difference before we go back into the voting booth. Feel free to send email to your own assembly representatives - they still have an opportunity to do the right thing for NJ and support bill-S2292 fixing NJ Affordable Housing rules and COAH3 so its affordable for all. <br /> <br /></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> <br />A Tough Month For COAH3 & New Calls For An Extension of December 31 Deadline <br /> <br />As the State's economy tanks at a pace more rapid than anyone could have anticipated and nearly all non-residential and residential construction comes to a stand still, pressure is mounting to stop the clock and make changes to the third round COAH rules. <br /> <br />On November 10, 2008, Raymond J. Lesniak (D-Union) issued a surprisingly stinging rebuke of COAH's efforts, stating that the current rules are creating economic peril by "[f]orcing the subsidy of low income housing by the private sector." Lesniak also projected that the current rules "will not only fail to spur low income housing development, it will stifle moderate income housing development and dampen New Jersey's chances for an economic rebound." <br /> <br />Then, on November 14, 2008, the nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services (OLS) issued an analysis of available funding sources for municipalities to satisfy COAH's third round rules. The OLS analysis concluded that "the resources identified by [COAH] will not be sufficient to fulfill the fair share housing obligations of many municipalities as estimated in accordance with the requirements set forth in the rules. . . ." OLS estimated the "deficit in annual resources for fair share housing obligations" for municipalities to be approximately $2 billion that would otherwise have to be raised through local revenue streams (property taxes or bonding) or be satisfied through inclusionary zoning if suitable lands are available. <br /> <br />Accordingly, Senator Christopher "Kip" Bateman (R-Somerset) quickly blasted COAH with OLS's findings that it is, in fact, burdening municipalities with at least a $2 billion per year unfunded mandate for the provision of affordable housing. In addition to calling for an extension of the December 31, 2008 filing deadline, Senator Bateman pushed for movement on a Republican-sponsored bill introduced on October 20, 2008 (S2292), that would reestablish the use of Regional Contribution Agreements and eliminate the Statewide Non-Residential Development Fee Act. This legislation would also remove non-residential properties from affecting a municipality's growth share. <br /> <br />After tense exchanges between mayors and administration officials at last week's League of Municipalities Convention in Atlantic City, on November 24, 2008, the League's President made an attempt at toning down the rhetoric and provided Governor Corzine with a letter pleading for an extension of the December 31, 2008 filing deadline by executive order. <br />Posted by Brian M. Nelson, Esq. at 9:40 PM <br /> </td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"></span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>wcody</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed, Nov 26 2008, 1:50 pm EST<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: Plan for COAH Reform</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">The NJ League of Municipalities has sent another letter to Governer Corzine on Nov. 24 asking for extensiion of the COAH 12/31 filing deadline. The letter has some interesting current information on the COAH issues included. It can be accessed here <a href="http://www.njslom.org/NJLM-to-Governor-Corzine11-24-08.pdf" target="_blank" class="postlink">http://www.njslom.org/NJLM-to-Governor-Corzine11-24-08.pdf</a> <br /> <br />Win</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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