The Appellate Division has granted an extension of the deadline for the Council on Affordable Housing to promulgate new affordable housing rules to June 2.  Housing advocates are awaiting a ruling on their request for the appointment of a special master to oversee the rule-making process.  This extends the original December 31, 2007 deadline by more than five months. 

Public hearings on the proposed regulations are scheduled for:

Thursday, January 24, at Rutgers University in Camden; 

Monday, January 28, at the Lincoln Park Administration Building in Jersey City; 

Wednesday January 30, at the Wayne Public Library, Wayne Township;

Tuesday, February 5, Hunterdon County Route 12 Complex, Flemington Borough; and

Wednesday, February 6, at Monmouth County Library in Manalapan Township. 

The new rules require one affordable unit for every four new units built in a community.  For more information, see the Star Ledger’s January 10 story here.