COAH & Montgomery's Proposed Fair Share Housing Plan

Link: Proposed Fair Share Plan Amendment, June 3, 2010

Link: Housing Plan Element & Fair Share Plan, Nov. 25, 2008

Compliance with the newest Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) rules is an important and complex challenge facing Montgomery Township and muncipalities throughout New Jersey.

Montgomery Township Committee, Planning Board, planning staff and consultants have been reviewing the State's Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) rules to assure the township meets it's affordable housing obligation and continues to have in place a state-mandated affordable housing plan. Township planners have made recommendations for fulfilling the township's 501-unit obligation. These units may be met as dwelling units or "credits" (see below). Compliance with COAH rules is an important and complex challenge facing Montgomery Township; residents are invited and encouraged to review the planners' recommendations, pose questions and offer feedback.

The Township worked diligently to complete its Fair Share Housing Plan, submitted in 2008, which includes a complex set of requirements. Montgomery's affordable housing allocation is 501 "units" by the year 2018. The proposed plan calls for the 501-unit obligation to be met through 274 new dwellings and 52 existing dwellings for low and moderate income households, with the remainder of the obligation met through bonus credits, which are provided by COAH for certain types of affordable housing. The 501-unit obligation was based on population and job growth projections issued by the state.

Below are links to documents which provide further information on the elements of the proposed plan, COAH's requirements and the serious consequences of non-compliance:

OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED 2008 "FAIR SHARE PLAN"
FOR MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP TO SATISFY ITS
COAH-MANDATED AFFORDABLE HOUSING OBLIGATION
Prepared by Montgomery Twp. Planner Richard Coppola, Nov. 5, 2008
Note: Chart on pg. 12-13 has been revised with the chart on Pg. 48 of the actual plan (link at top of page).

COMMENTS REGARDING COAH's PROPOSED NEW
THIRD ROUND SUBSTANTIVE RULES
Submitted to COAH by the Twp. of Montgomery, March 21, 2008

MONTGOMERY TWP. 2008 "FAIR SHARE PLAN" DEVELOPMENTS MAP

If you have questions about Montgomery's COAH obligation or its proposed Fair Share Housing Plan, contact:

Lori Savron, Planning Director
Township of Montgomery
2261 Rt. 206
Belle Mead, NJ 08502

lsavron@twp.montgomery.nj.us
(908) 359-8211 ext. 206

If you are interested in owning or renting an affordable housing dwelling in Montgomery, please contact Montgomery Township's selected oversight consultant:

Community Grants & Planning, Inc.
569 Abbington Drive
East Windsor, NJ 08520
Dorothy Lawlor

(609) 371-1937 ext. 22

For further information on Affordable Housing units available at Pike Run, go to:

http://www.bestrentnj.com/OurCommunities/aptOverview.asp?PropertyID=84