The township’s agreement with Fair Share Housing Center (FSHC), which sets the amount of affordable housing needed in each municipality, was made public last Thursday, December 10. The Township Council reached an agreement at a special meeting in earlyNovember, and there will be a fairness hearing that will take place in Superior Court on January 14, 2021. There, the agreement will be reviewed by Judge Robert Gardner, who will evaluate whether an agreement between Livingston Township and FSHC is fair and reasonable to the region’s very low, and low and moderate income households in accordance with legal principles established by court decisions.
If this agreement is approved by the court, Livingston will request that the court schedule a noticed compliance hearing for review. If deemed compliant with its third round affordable housing obligation, Livingston will be granted a period ofprotection against affordable housing litigation. The protection will extend through the third round obligation, which ends in 2025.
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