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www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/coah Council on Affordable Housing NJ Department of Community Affairs At its July 8, 2009 meeting, COAH granted substantive certification under the revised third round rules to six municipalities. Congratulations! Blairstown Township, in Warren County, has an affordable housing obligation consisting of a 16-unit rehabilitation obligation, a 12-unit prior round obligation, and a 118-unit projected growth share obligation. Blairstown will address its 16-unit rehabilitation obligation with 16 credits for units rehabilitated through a municipal program. The Township will address its prior round and growth share obligations with 14 bedrooms in the Easter Seals and Phoenix Properties group homes, a 10- unit accessory apartment program, a 10-unit market to affordable program, 23 age-restricted rental units in a proposed municipally sponsored/100 percent affordable development, 14 bedrooms in three proposed group homes, and 30 family rental units and 29 rental bonuses in a proposed municipally sponsored/100 percent affordable development. COAH GRANTS SUBSTANTIVE CERTIFICATION to 6 TOWNS July 2009 Greetings from Commissioner JosephV. Doria, Jr. e - n e w s More Certifications 2-4 New Employee 5 inside The number of municipalities receiving substantive certification from COAH continues to rise alongside the summer temperatures outside. Earlier this month, six more towns were certified under COAH’s revised third round rules, bringing the current total to 24 municipalities. Governor Corzine joins me in congratulating Blairstown Township, Cape May Point Borough, Flemington Borough, Florence Township, Milford Borough, and Old Bridge Township for creating a realistic plan to supply their fair share of affordable housing. More than 350 municipalities have signaled their intent to participate in the COAH process so there is still work to do in reviewing and certifying all these affordable housing plans. But we are making real progress in providing homes and apartments that New Jersey residents can afford. Keep up the good work and keep the certifications coming! COAH Executive Director Lucy Vandenberg, Commissioner Joseph Doria, and COAH Planner Dan Burton (far right) present Blairstown Mayor Richard Mach with substantive certification.
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Council on Affordable HousingNJ Department of Community Af fa irs
At its July 8, 2009 meeting, COAHgranted substantive certificationunder the revised third round rules to
six municipalities. Congratulations!
Blairstown Township, in WarrenCounty, has an affordable housingobligation consisting of a 16-unit
rehabilitation obligation, a 12-unitprior round obligation, and a 118-unitprojected growth share obligation.Blairstown will address its 16-unit
rehabilitation obligation with 16credits for units rehabilitated througha municipal program. The Township
will address its prior round andgrowth share obligations with 14bedrooms in the Easter Seals andPhoenix Properties group homes, a 10-
unit accessory apartment program,a 10-unit market to affordableprogram, 23 age-restricted rental
units in a proposed municipallysponsored/100 percent affordabledevelopment, 14 bedrooms in threeproposed group homes, and 30
family rental units and 29 rentalbonuses in a proposed municipallysponsored/100 percent affordabledevelopment.
COAH GRANTS SUBSTANTIVECERTIFICATION to 6 TOWNS
July 2009
Greetings fromCommissioner
JosephV. Doria, Jr.
e-news
MoreCertifications 2-4
New Employee 5
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The number of municipalitiesr e c e i v i n g s u b s t a n t i v e
cert i ficat ion from COAHcontinues to rise alongside thesummer temperatures outside.
Earlier this month, six moretowns were certified underCOAH’s revised third roundrules, bringing the current total
to 24 municipalities. GovernorC o r z i n e j o i n s m e i ncongratulating Blairstown
Township, Cape May PointBorough, Flemington Borough,Florence Township, MilfordBorough, and Old Bridge
Township for creating a realisticplan to supply their fair share ofaffordable housing.
More than 350 municipalitieshave signaled their intent toparticipate in the COAH processso there is still work to do in
reviewing and certifying all theseaffordable housing plans. But weare making real progress in
providing homes and apartmentsthat New Jersey residents canafford. Keep up the good workand keep the certifications
coming!
COAH Executive Director Lucy Vandenberg, Commissioner Joseph Doria,and COAH Planner Dan Burton (far right) present Blairstown Mayor
Richard Mach with substantive certification.
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Florence Township, inBurlington County, has an
affordable housing obligationconsisting of a rehabilitationobligation of 36 units, a 114-unit
prior round obligation and a 158-unit projected growth shareobligation. Florence’s planproposes to address its 36-unit
rehabilitation obligation with fiverehabilitation credits and a county/municipal program, the county
program addressing owner-occupied units and the municipalprogram addressing the rentalrehabilitation component. The
Township proposes to address itsprior round and growth shareobligations with 47 built units, 28 rental bonuses and 103-units transferred through an RCA, and a combination ofinclusionary zoning (6 units), supportive/special needs housing (9 units), a 100% affordable/municipally sponsored
project which involves the conversion of an existing building (31 units), a market to affordable program (20 sale and20 rental units), compliance bonuses (6) and rental bonuses (12). Florence will have a surplus of eight units.
Florence was alsogranted a waiver from
N.J.A.C 5:97-6-9(b)4,which limits thenumber of units in a
market to affordableprogram to 10 rentaland 10 sale units or 10percent of the
municipality’s fairshare obligation,whichever is greater.
Florence Townshipseeks to administer amarket to affordableprogram of 40 units.
Substantive Certifications
COAH Executive Director Lucy Vandenberg, Commissioner Joseph Doria, andCOAH Planner Alice D’Arcy present Florence Administrator Richard Brook
and Planner Kathleen Grady with substantive certification.
Shown at left: Roebling Arms includes 24apartments for individuals with special needs.
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Cape May Point Borough, inCape May County, was granted a
29-unit vacant land adjustmentin the second round resulting ina zero-unit Realistic
Development Potential (RDP).The 29-unit unmet need waswaived due to the lack of anyrealistic opportunity to generate
affordable units. Therefore, theprior round obligation is zero.Cape May Point’s affordable
housing obligation consists of a1-unit projected growth shareobligation. Based on residentialgrowth since 2004, Cape May
Point recognizes that it has anactual growth share obligation of 5 units. Cape May Point’s plan proposes to address its growth share obligationwith a six-unit accessory apartment program, with one unit planned as a very low income unit. Cape May Point didnot have a rehabilitation obligation for the third round.
Flemington Borough, in Hunterdon County, was grantedconditional substantive certification by the Council on April8, 2009 and satisfied each of the conditions. Flemington’s
affordable housing obligation consists of a rehabilitationobligation of 17 units, a four-unit prior round realisticdevelopment potential (RDP), a 34-unit prior round unmetneed, and a 21-unit projected growth share obligation.
Flemington Borough’s plan proposes to address its 17-unitrehabilitation obligation with a 17-unit rehabilitation
program; and its prior round andgrowth share obligations with 4 units
built in the Martin Village inclusionarydevelopment, 37 units built in theHerman E Kapp Apartments, sixsupportive/special needs bedrooms, one
unit built unit in the FlemingtonElectric inclusionary development(shown above), one unit approved inthe Luster/Dodger Blues inclusionary
development, a seven-unit Market toAffordable Rental Program, threerental bonuses, and two compliance
bonuses.
COAH Executive Director Lucy Vandenberg, Commissioner Joseph Doria,and COAH Planner Dennis Funaro (far right) present Cape May Point Mayor
Carl Schupp with substantive certification.
COAH Executive Director Lucy Vandenberg, Commissioner Joseph Doria,and COAH Planner Maria Connolly (far right) present Flemington Mayor
Robert Hauck with substantive certification.
Old Bridge Township, in Middlesex County, has afair share obligation calculated to be 1,236 units,consisting of a 142-unit rehabilitation share,
a 439-unit prior round obligation and a655-unit projected growth shareobligation. Old Bridge’s Fair Share
Plan addresses the Township’s priorround and growth share obligationswith 979 credits and bonuses for built
units and 137 units in proposedmechanisms (137 municipallysponsored units in threedevelopments). The Township will
address its rehabilitation share with aproposed municipal rehabilitationprogram.
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Milford Borough, in Hunterdon County, has a fair share obligation consisting of a six-unit rehabilitation share, afive-unit prior round obligation, and a six-unit projected growth share obligation. Milford’s Fair Share Planaddresses the Borough’s six-unit rehabilitation share with a four-unit municipal rehabilitation program and a two-
unit ECHO program. The Borough is addressing its prior round and growth share obligations with six bedrooms inan existing group home and a six-unit downtown apartment program.
Substantive Certifications
COAH Executive Director Lucy Vandenberg, Commissioner Joseph Doria,and COAH Planner Pamela Weintraub (far right) present Old Bridge
Councilman Reginald Butler with substantive certification.
Shown above, left: Chuck CostelloIndependent Living includes 61 units
for individuals with special needs.
Shown above, right: Maher Manerincludes 100 apartments for seniors.
MISSION STATEMENTTo facilitate the production of sound,
affordable housing for low and moderateincome households by providing the mosteffective process for municipalities, housing
providers, nonprofit and for profitdevelopers to address a constitutional
obligation within the framework ofsound comprehensive planning.
COUNCIL ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING101 South Broad StreetPO Box 813Trenton, NJ 08625-0813
Lucy Vandenberg, Executive Director
Phone: 609.292.3000Fax: 609.633.6056E-mail: [email protected]: www.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/coah
Photo OpCOAH is always looking forphotos of affordable units thatare included in municipal fair
share plans. Photos can showunits that are completed orunder construction. If you haveany photos that can be used by
COAH in publications andpresentations, please email themto [email protected]
and provide the name of theproject and municipality inwhich it is located.
To sign up for any of COAH’s mailing lists, update,correct or submit contact information, or designatemunicipal representatives for specific COAHfunctions, visit our website atwww.nj.gov/dca/affiliates/coah/resources/desigforms.html.
COAH WelcomesNew Employee
Matthew Rudd, Attorney, comesto COAH with many years ofexperience practicing law in
private firms and his ownpractice. Throughout his career,Matthew has specialized in realestate closings, low-income
housing loans and mortgages,consumer collection law, and debtsettlement and communication.
Matthew holds a Bachelor of Artsfrom the Muhlenberg College anda Juris Doctorate from OklahomaCity University Law School. At
COAH, Matthew has begunreviewing and summarizingmotions and assisting with themediation process.
Matthew Rudd
