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Resolution of the Mayor and Council of Princeton Endorsing the Municipal Housing Element and Fair Share Plan as Adopted by the Princeton Planning Board and Adopting the Spending Plan Annexed thereto as Princeton's Fourth Round Spending Plan
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WHEREAS, the New Jersey Supreme Court, through its rulings in Southern Burlington County NAACP v. Mount Laurel, 67 N.J. 151 (1975) and Southern Burlington County NAACP 14 v. Mount Laurel, 92 N.J. 158 (1983), has determined that every municipality in New Jersey has a constitutional obligation to provide through its land use regulations a realistic opportunity for its fair share of its region's present and prospective needs for housing for low- and moderate-income families; and
WHEREAS, on March 20, 2024, Governor Murphy signed P.L.2024, c.2. into law, amending the Fair Housing Act of 1985, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301, et seq., to establish a new framework for determining and enforcing municipalities' affordable housing obligations under the New Jersey Supreme Court's Mount Laurel doctrine and the Act (the "FHA"); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-304.1(f)(1)(b) of the FHA, each municipality was to adopt a binding resolution no later than January 31, 2025, determining and setting forth its present and prospective fair share obligations for the Fourth Round of Affordable Housing Obligations ("Fourth Round"); and
WHEREAS, the Municipality of Princeton ("Municipality" or "Princeton") adopted Resolution No. 25-51 on January 27, 2025, identifying its present and prospective need fair share obligations for the Fourth Round as follows:
Present Need: 60 units
Prospective Need: 276 units
WHEREAS, in accordance with the FHA and Administrative Directive #14-24 issued by the Administrative Office of the Courts on December 13, 2024 ("Administrative Directive #14-24"), the Municipality filed a Complaint for Declaratory Judgment entitled In the Ma...
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