New Jersey's top court ruled Tuesday that judges should take over the enforcement of state affordable housing requirements because the state government under Gov. Chris Christie and his predecessors has failed to do it.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey's state Supreme Court is wrestling with how to make sure affordable housing gets built after a state agency failed to approve revised rules toward that end and comply with a court order.
Affordable housing advocates have sued Gov. Chris Christie's administration and Rutgers University, accusing them of hiding calculations used to determine how much housing each town should provide for lower-income people.
New Jersey's Council on Affordable Housing has proposed new regulations for how many homes should be built for lower-income people in each community in the state.
In a ruling that upset affordable housing advocates, New Jersey's highest court on Friday gave Gov. Chris Christie more time to adopt long-delayed requirements for affordable housing in every community.
A New Jersey court on Friday ordered the state Council on Affordable Housing to meet and approve rules dictating how much housing each town must allocate for lower-income people.
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Officials in a southern New Jersey town were expected to vote Wednesday evening on a proposed settlement to close a decade-long housing discrimination case just before it heads to the U.S. Supreme Court.