Tag: affordable housing

The state has set a new number of low- and moderate-income housing units that municipalities must provide by 2035.

HOLMDEL – During the Oct. 8 township committee meeting, the governing body authorized two significant legal actions to oppose the state’s affordable housing mandates.

Financial troubles afflicting the Cedar Crossing affordable housing development have made it almost impossible for homeowners to sell their units to those seeking housing.

RED BANK – Rising property values may have created a housing challenge for many, but it is a crisis for those facing racial and financial discrimination.

A plan to provide 12 affordable residential units for veterans crept closer to fruition after Mayor Tony Perry and the township committee announced how they were addressing the project’s final hurdles.

Mature trees on a plot of land owned by the borough were cut down last week, leaving many residents with questions.

FORT MONMOUTH – Shortly after 5 p.m. Feb. 21, members of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) unanimously voted to approve revised plans for Netflix Studios Fort Monmouth, a major production studio on 292-plus acres of the former U.S. Army base. 

The governing body approved and adopted the River Centre South Redevelopment Plan amid much pushback from residents whose homes abut the project along the Swimming River.

The Oceanport Planning and Zoning Board heard about the most recent plans for an age-restricted development, hotel and entertainment amenities at Monmouth Park at a meeting Sept. 12.

While scouting locations for commemorative markers along Fort Monmouth’s new Riverwalk promenade on Parkers Creek, members of Oceanport’s Historical Committee were met with “No Trespassing” signs in the East Gate development. Subsequently, Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA) officials launched an inquiry into their origin.