Zoning Board of Appeals of Greenfield v. Housing Appeals Committee

We have the questions (1) whether the Housing Appeals Committee (HAC) in the Department of Community Affairs correctly determined that, at the time of the developer’s application for a comprehensive permit, there did not exist in the town of Greenfield low or moderate income housing units in excess of ten percent of the town’s total housing units, and (2) whether HAC could lawfully order the issuance of a comprehensive permit which would result in Greenfield’s having more than ten percent of its total housing units devoted to low or moderate income housing.

On December 14, 1979, Raymond…