Provides procedures for crediting certain dwellings used by agricultural workers in determination of municipality's fair share housing obligation.
This bill allows New Jersey municipalities to count housing units built for agricultural workers toward their required affordable housing quota. Specifically, it permits towns to credit one housing unit for each dwelling used exclusively by low- or moderate-income migrant or seasonal farm workers employed in agriculture. These units do not count toward future housing needs under the Fair Housing Act, meaning they don’t create additional obligations for municipalities. The policy directly affects municipalities with farm worker housing and agricultural workers who occupy these units.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee
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