COAH Update

A public hearing before the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) is scheduled July 2 on the third iteration of COAH's "Third Round" affordable housing regulations. COAH published its proposed new Third Round regulations earlier this month in the New Jersey Register after several long years of litigation and court orders concerning its growth share regulations. These published regulations differ slightly from the regulations released by COAH at its April 30 meeting. The public comment period on these regulations runs to August 1.

Whether these new regulations comply with the Supreme Court directive and the Mount Laurel doctrine is an analysis and discussion too lengthy for an update; however, it is important for residential and commercial developers to understand what the publication and likely adoption of these rules mean over the next year.