A 3825 New Jersey General Assembly · 2026-2027 Regular Session

Requires COAH to credit municipalities with units against fair share affordable housing obligation for certain types of housing; provides certain types of affordable housing units will be credited as two units.

This bill (A 3825) amends New Jersey's affordable housing law to require the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) to count certain existing affordable housing units as *two units* toward a municipality's fair share obligation. It directly affects municipalities that have built or rehabilitated qualifying low- and moderate-income housing units between April 1, 1980, and December 15, 1986. The key provision allows these units to be credited at a 2:1 ratio (instead of 1:1) when calculating whether a municipality meets its state-mandated affordable housing requirement. This change aims to reduce the housing obligation for municipalities that already developed qualifying affordable units during that specific timeframe.
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Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Last action Jan 13, 2026
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Jan 13, 2026
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