Press Releases
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July 7th 2008
Court invalidates Galloway’s attempt to buy out of its affordable housing obligations (PDF)
In a decision released today, the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court invalidated a Regional Contribution Agreement (RCA) in which Galloway Township and K. Hovnanian attempted to pay Bridgeton $2.1 million dollars instead of building 61 low- and moderate-income units as part of the 3100-unit Smithville development.
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October 25th 2007
Corzine, Doria called upon to fix problems highlighted in public advocate’s report on COAH (PDF)
Fair Share Housing Center (FSHC) called on Governor Corzine and DCA Commissioner Joseph Doria to respond to the New Jersey Public Advocate’s report on affordable housing in New Jersey by making good on the Administration’s promise to adopt an equitable affordable housing policy.
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May 21st 2007
Lourt finds Meadowlands commission must comply with Mount Laurel (PDF)
In a decision issued today, an appellate court ordered the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) to comply with the Mount Laurel doctrine by creating affordable housing as part of a plan to bring 57,000 new jobs to the Meadowlands.
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January 25th 2007
Court finds state’s new affordable housing rules unconstitutional (PDF)
In a sweeping 127-page ruling released today, the Appellate Division of the New Jersey Superior Court invalidated the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH)’s new Third Round rules for determining how towns comply with their Mount Laurel affordable housing obligations.
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October 10th 2006
Bancroft property will include affordable housing (PDF)
In a report released today, the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH), a state agency, rejected the Borough of Haddonfield’s proposed affordable housing plan. COAH found that Haddonfield was required to plan for 37 affordable units in a total 185-unit development on the Bancroft site. COAH also found that Haddonfield was required to identify other vacant and underutilized parcels that could be rezoned to allow the development of affordable housing.
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January 16th 2003
20th Anniversary of Landmark Mount Laurel II Decision Falls on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (PDF)
The original Mount Laurel plaintiffs and Fair Share Housing Center will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the January 20, 1983 release of the Mount Laurel II decision this Monday, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
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January 14th 2003
No mention of affordable housing in governor’s state of state address (PDF)
Fair Share Housing Center (FSHC) today responded to Gov. McGreevey’s State of the State Address by declaring that Gov. McGreevey is misguided if he believes his proposed reforms address the root causes of our state’s social problems. FSHC contends the land use proposals are neither smart nor constitutional under the Mount Laurel doctrine.
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July 31st 2002
Historically-significant Mount Laurel housing development to be dedicated (PDF)
Ethel R. Lawrence Homes is an affordable-housing development in Mount Laurel, New Jersey that is the direct result of the historic, nationally-recognized Mount Laurel litigation. The 100-unit affordable housing development is part of the legal remedy the public interest plaintiffs obtained through their thirty-years of litigation.
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June 19th 2002
COAH sued by NAACP branches for three-year delay in release of fair share numbers (PDF)
On June 19, 2002, the Southern Burlington and Camden County Branches of the NAACP and Fair Share Housing Center (FSHC) will file a lawsuit at the Appellate Division in Trenton that challenges three years of inaction by the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH).
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