Sponsored by:
Assemblyman JOHN DIMAIO
District 23 (Hunterdon, Somerset and Warren)
Assemblywoman VICTORIA A. FLYNN
District 13 (Monmouth)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Scharfenberger
SYNOPSIS
Requires DCA to calculate affordable housing obligations on Statewide growth-share calculation method.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act requiring calculation of affordable housing obligations on a Statewide basis, supplementing P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-301 et al.), and repealing sections 6 and 7 of P.L.2024, c.2 (C.52:27D-304.2 and 52:27D-304.3).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. Statewide determination of present and prospective fair share of the housing need in the Statewide region shall be computed for a 10-year period based on a growth-share calculation method determined by the growth of residential and non-residential development in the State. The State shall consist of one single housing region for the purposes of determining regional need for low- and moderate-income housing.
b. The growth share calculation method utilized pursuant to subsection a. of this section shall include foreclosed and abandoned property, exclude new housing starts during any administrative rules gap period or during prior round rules adopted by the Council on Affordable Housing or the Department of Community Affairs, and shall not exceed five percent of the Statewide housing stock existing when this figure is calculated.
2. The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall adopt rules and regulations necessary, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), to effectuate the purposes of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), including, but not limited to, rules and regulations to adjust the timeline established pursuant to subsection f. of section 3 of P.L.2024, c.2 (C.52:27D-304.1), to ensure that the provisions of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) are implemented as promptly as possible.
3. The following sections are repealed:
Section 6 of P.L.2024, c.2 (C.52:27D-304.2); and
Section 7 of P.L.2024, c.2 (C.52:27D-304.3).
4. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill establishes the growth share calculation method to be used for the calculation of Statewide present and prospective fair share of housing need in the Statewide region. The bill replaces certain calculation methods that were enacted pursuant to P.L.2024, c.2 (C.52:27D-304.1 et al.) with a growth share calculation method. The bill requires the State to consist of one single housing region for the purposes of determining regional need for low- and moderate-income housing.
The bill directs the Commissioner of Community Affairs to adopt the rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of the bill, including rules and regulations to adjust the existing deadlines required by the "Fair Housing Act," P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-301 et al.), to ensure that the provisions of the bill are implemented as promptly as possible.
The bill repeals sections 6 and 7 of P.L.2024, c.2 (C.52:27D-304.2 and 52:27D-304.3), concerning municipal present need and present and projected fair share housing obligations. The bill would take effect immediately.