Ghetto Building?
Jean Mikle and Russ Zimmer , Asbury Park PressPublished 11:10 a.m. ET Jan. 18, 2017 | Updated 13 hours ago
A housing advocacy group says “tens of thousands” of new units of affordable housing could be built in New Jersey as a result of a state Supreme Court decision Wednesday.
In a unanimous decision, the court ruled that municipalities must meet affordable housing needs that accumulated during the so-called “gap period” between 1999 and 2015, when the state’s Council on Affordable Housing failed to produce housing quotas for towns.
The ruling could have a dramatic impact on Monmouth County, where several affluent towns have fought increased affordable housing obligations. By contrast, most of Ocean County’s most populous towns won’t be affected because they have already agreed to court settlements providing thousands of affordable homes.
Build the housing wherever the judges live.
These judges are like gods. They can take decisions without much worry about people’s lives in the name of “common good”. How is it possible to not take residents’ concerns into consideration but just shove it to them?!?! HoHoKus may be asked to build close to 300 affordable units. How crazy is this? A tiny , nice place right next door to Ridgewood. How can 300 units fit in there. If HHK is asked for 300 how many will Ridgewood be asked for? It has to be over 1000. There are plans to build where Granny’s attic is and also to take away the lower parking lot by the train station. Add to this the looming Valley building by N Maple and you don’t have a village anymore. In a few years if nobody does something about this (residents are all asleep or occupied with Trump’s upcoming “disasters”) we won’t have a village anymore but a city called Ridgehokus.
you vote for democrats you get what you voted for
I am still astonished your trying to blame Trump , did you not vote for Paul Aronsohn ? and every other Bergen County Democrat ?
James, if you’re referring to my comment @ 12.15 my referral to Trump is sarcastic. I hear a few of our neighbors in the village are packed and going to march on DC tomorrow. Crazy what kind of agenda and priorities some people have.
I apologize I misunderstood , unfortunately, so many NJ voters are both irresponsible and childish ;its just not funny anymore
Real communities are tearing these social prisons down…look at the photo folks..perfect place to Deal Drugs
swop firearms,mark gang territories..
and terrify the elderly and young who are defenseless.social good is just liberal crap talk.
Calling it “Affordable Housing” is a misnomer. It should be called “Subsidized Housing”.
The recent NJ Supreme court case pinning untold thousands of units of affordable housing obligations on “recalcitrant” municipalities who fought against them in court shows without any doubt that the judiciary in New Jersey has arrogated to itself governmental powers that, if they could be legitimately be exercised at all, should have been committed exclusively to the legislative branch. Heaven help us, because whatever real differences that exist between New Jersey and the average banana republic state are becoming very difficult to find. The unfortunate exodus of decent citizens from New Jersey can only increase from here on out.
Limousine Liberals reap what they sow…
Call it what it is… socialism (aka redistribution of wealth)
but that’s what many Ridgewood voters (stupidly) want.
That’s pretty funny 12:15….”we won’t have a village anymore”.
Really? What planet do you live on?
Your “village” was gone long ago…get with the program.
Before you blame the Democrats, even our disgraced former mayor, does everybody realize this is the result of Christie’s law permitting, even encouraging, developers to sue municipalities that restrict new building when it would include some affordable housing–while creating more residents to increase the proportionate need for more of the same? A shocking “development” that will screw us all and the state.
4:58 – I did not realize Christie could pass any laws by himself. Who controls the NJ Supreme Court? Which party’s judges have been flinging decision after decision (such as Abbott) at NJ taxpayers’ faces for years?
Hint: The name starts with a D.
The ‘progressive’ village residents vote Democrat because Democrats will let them abort at will.
I have never understood these types that move over from NYC/Hoboken and try to replicate those places here. WHY DID YOU MOVE IN THE FIRST PLACE THEN??????
Liberals are sick in the head. A neighbor of mine took down his large american flag the the morning after the elections. So he likes USA when dems are in power and hates it when the’re not. These people need mental health.
I meant “mental help”.