Cherry Hill Approves Two New Affordable Housing Measures For Mixed-Use Area

CHERRY HILL, NJ — Township Council unanimously approved two ordinances on Monday night that advanced affordable housing in the community.

Cherry Hill, like other municipalities across the state, is putting together its final touches on plans ahead of the March 15 deadline to comply with New Jersey's Fourth Round affordable housing requirements.

This comes after a December 2025 mediation agreement with advocates at the Fair Share Housing Center that called for greater action and clearer definitions on the part of town leaders when it comes to ensuring affordable access for residents.

Ordinance 2026-5 established an overlay zone for Three Executive Campus (TECO), an office park located between Cuthbert Boulevard and Route 38.

The approved zoning allows for the redevelopment or infill development with stand-alone residential buildings and/or mixed-use buildings with residential units.

This includes up to 195 units, with 39 of which being designated under the "affordable" definition, above first-floor office, retail, restaurant, and other business occupants.

The office building may also be reused for inclusionary residential development that could house 320 units, with 64 of which being designated as "affordable."

Ordinance 2025-6 includes a number of administration and control measures associated with affordable housing in the township, along with development fees, and other requirements.

"I thank you for finding opportunities to improve our community and to provide uses for areas that have been underutilized in the past," Sarah, a resident of Cherry Hill, said to Council on Monday, and went on to applaud that "A mixed-use center is one that is adaptive for people living in the vicinity."

Fair Share, in speaking to Patch on Thursday, applauded the moves that the municipality has taken so far, such as redeveloping office parks, creating new housing in partnership with Volunteers of America, and using Township trust funds to help make current housing affordable.

"Cherry Hill is making real progress for sustainable growth and creating homes that working families can afford," Fair Share Housing Center Executive Director Adam Gordon said. "The Township's housing plan contains a mix of well-thought-out strategies."

In 2015, Cherry Hill became the first town in New Jersey to reach a settlement of its obligations on Mount Laurel IV.

In Mount Laurel IV, the New Jersey Supreme Court reaffirmed the state's commitment to the Mount Laurel Doctrine of 1975, ensuring that municipalities create a "realistic opportunity" for producing their fair share of need for low and moderate-income units.

Over the last 11 years, the town has added hundreds of new affordable homes.

This continues to be a move that, according to Gordon, plays a major hand in "strengthening local economies, helping families stay in the communities they love, and building more resilient towns" statewide.

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