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Ruling puts $160M in affordable housing funds out of Christie’s reach for budget balancing

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Ruling puts $160M in affordable housing funds out of Christie’s reach for budget balancing Friday, June 7, 2013    Last updated: Friday June 7, 2013, 11:29 PM BY  ANTHONY CAMPISI STATE HOUSE BUREAU The Record Governor Christie will not be able to use up to $160 million in affordable-housing funds [...]
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Ridgewood may lose COAH money

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Ridgewood may lose COAH money Monday June 3, 2013, 1:49 PM BY  DARIUS AMOS STAFF WRITER The Ridgewood News The Village of Ridgewood is at risk of forcibly surrendering every penny banked in its affordable housing trust fund, an account that as of last summer held roughly $195,000. Buy or license [...]
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NJ’s COAH money grab is latest raid on property taxes

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NJ’s COAH money grab is latest raid on property taxes It’s a classic case of “Catch 22.” As they wait for state approvals for committing affordable housing funds, municipal officials throughout New Jersey find themselves fending off state attempts to take that money — because it’s not being [...]
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Housing funds decision draws applause from League of Municipalities

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Housing funds decision draws applause from League of Municipalities The N.J. League of Municipalities expressed its pleasure with today’s court ruling that towns’ affordable housing money can’t be taken by the state just yet. Executive Director Bill Dressel said, “We are absolutely delighted and [...]
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State says it will use trust funds for affordable housing

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State says it will use trust funds for affordable housing The Christie administration said Thursday that the money it confiscates from municipal affordable housing trust funds will be used to support a range of housing programs for low- and moderate-income New Jerseyans. The statement from the [...]
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Judges rule state can seize affordable housing funds, but towns allowed to appeal

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Judges rule state can seize affordable housing funds, but towns allowed to appeal SUPERIOR COURT OF NEW JERSEY APPELLATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. A-5257-11 MOTION NO. MBEFORE PART: Y JUDGE(S): CUFF FUENTES MESSANO “In the light of the record presented, we are satisfied that a global preliminary [...]
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League of Municipalities files motion to protect affordable housing dollars

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League of Municipalities files motion to protect affordable housing dollars The New Jersey State League of Municipalities today filed a brief as amicus curiae in an emergent motion to prevent the state from seizing up to $200 million in money municipalities had set aside to provide affordable [...]
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Judge grants injunction on Affordable Housing Trust Funds

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Judge grants injunction on Affordable Housing Trust Funds A Monmouth County Judge has temporarily enjoined the state from taking $13 million in affordable housing funds from the township of Marlboro. The township filed the request for the injunction last week in advance of a July 17 deadline when [...]
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N.J. Supreme Court ruling on affordable housing council checks Christie’s powers and may affect university merger plans

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N.J. Supreme Court ruling on affordable housing council checks Christie’s powers and may affect university merger plans Governor Christie and lawmakers are pressing to redraw the state’s higher education system by the end of the month but on Monday the Supreme Court checked the governor’s power to [...]
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