Princeton to File Affordable Housing Plan Early Next Year: Report

Princeton officials plan to file a plan to show it is complying with a State Supreme Court ruling affecting local Affordable Housing in the early part of 2016, the Princeton Packet reports.

Officials intend to show that affordable housing either already exists or is under construction at various points in the town, and that zoning changes along Route 206 and in the Princeton Community Village could pave the way for additional units, according to the report.

The State Supreme Court made its decision in March to hand regulation over to the judges after Gov. Chris Christie’s administration failed to set a new set of guidelines, according to nj.com.

The previous set of guidelines expired in 1999, and the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) failed to create new guidelines by November’s deadline, according to the report.

In April, the Christie Administration proposed an additional 110,000 units across the state, according to nj.com. It is up to the judges to assign a number of affordable housing units required for each municipality across the state.

That number for Princeton is 1,000 new units by 2025, according to Planet Princeton.

Towns have been hiring their own experts to determine their Affordable Housing needs.

In July, Princeton Council approved the hiring oftwo new affordable housing consultants, but Superior Court Judge Mary C. Jacobson will make the determination for Princeton and the rest of the county, in order to meet the regional needs of Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean counties.

Read more at centraljersey.com.