Affordable Housing Update from Mayor Dalina: Monroe Successfully Negotiates Reduction in Round Four Obligation Builders Association Challenge Withdrawn
As a result of sound planning, open space acquisitions, farmland preservation, and improvements in state-wide affordable housing legislation, Monroe Township is in a very positive position for our Round Four (2025-2035) constitutional obligation to allow for affordable housing.
We were able to successfully lower our overall obligation with one of the largest reductions statewide from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs’ (NJDCA) recommended unit count. The Township is now putting forth a plan to meet its obligation, utilizing all available tools in state law, which equates to only 253 new total units (both affordable and market rate), as compared to more than 4,300 court ordered units in the prior round.