Pascack Press
Amended affordable housing plan gets hearing Sept. 11
WOODCLIFF LAKE —The Planning Board has set a public hearing for Monday, Sept. 11 at 5 p.m. on amendments to the borough’s Housing Element and Fair Share Plan as part […]
affordable housing
Hillsdale
Valley mayors seek ‘pause’ on housing mandate
PASCACK VALLEY—The Pascack Valley’s 10 mayors sent a letter to a Senate committee recently to express their support for a bill that calls for a “pause,” until July 1, 2028, […]
Montvale
Ruling on affordable housing expected in January
MONTVALE—An attorney for 16 municipalities, including Montvale, suing Gov. Phil Murphy to restart the Council on Affordable Housing said they expect arguments to be filed by January 2023 before the […]
Montvale
Affordable housing conversation online and in Pascack Valley
PASCACK VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Fair Share Housing Center has announced lotteries for preliminary applications for affordable housing units in Montvale and Park Ridge and elsewhere in the Garden State. In a […]
Emerson
Fair Share launching podcast; will housing forum take on overdevelopment?
PASCACK VALLEY AREA, N.J.—Fair Share Housing Center, “the only public interest organization entirely devoted to defending the housing rights of New Jersey’s poor through enforcement of the 1975 Mount Laurel […]
Park Ridge
Fairness hearing Jan. 15 over housing settlement
PARK RIDGE, N.J.—At least one resident, Burton Hall, has filed a formal legal objection to the borough’s affordable housing settlement that permits a 448-unit development, including 68 affordable units, on […]
Park Ridge
Park Ridge Housing Trial to Examine Available Land
PARK RIDGE, N.J.—A court-ordered affordable housing trial set to begin March 16 likely will help resolve two of the most contentious issues between Park Ridge, Fair Share Housing Center and […]
Alpine
Frick Estate Owner’s High-Density Alpine Housing Lawsuit Denied
ALPINE, N.J.—A developer suing the borough of Alpine to rezone three lots of the former Frick Estate to build multifamily housing—including affordable units—was denied in his efforts to intervene in […]
Uncategorized
Englewood Cliffs Fires Affordable Housing Counsel; Mayor Claims ‘System Rigged’
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.—After vowing to appeal two recent Superior Court rulings to require rezoning for 347 new affordable units by mid-April and to permit a developer to construct a 600-unit […]
Demarest
Demarest’s Downtown Zoning is Updated in New Rehabilitation Area Plan
DEMAREST, N.J.—A revised redevelopment plan that will help the borough fulfill its affordable housing settlement was approved by the Borough Council 5-0 on Feb. 24. Councilwoman Janice Kurys was absent. […]