Sarah Nolan , Staff Writer, @sarnolan5:59 p.m. EST December 22, 2016
The borough’s affordable housing obligation would be cut from 278 units to 30 under the proposed agreement.
HO-HO-KUS — The borough will build 13 homes for low- to moderate-income residents and a developer will reduce the number of houses it builds in town as part of proposed settlement agreements announced by borough officials this week.
Borough Administrator William Jones shared overviews of the proposed agreements with the Fair Share Housing Center and Chamberlain Developers at a Borough Council meeting Tuesday “in the hopes of ending what has been a year of speculation and wild rumors that have carried on,” he said.
Hmm…wondering whether HoHoKus had seen 17 units developed already within its borders and needed only to add 13 on top of that to meet the terms of the settlement. Might Ridgewood seek a similar settlement? We are already so built out…surely we could make the case for being obliged to build only a relatively low number of low-to-moderate income housing units.