In Re the Declaratory Judgment Actions Filed by Various Municipalities, County of Ocean, Pursuant to the Supreme Court's Decision in in Re Adoption

For the last sixteen years, while the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) failed to promulgate viable rules creating a realistic opportunity for the construction of low- and moderate-income housing in municipalities, the Mount Laurel constitutional affordable housing obligation 1 did not go away. Municipal respon sibility for a fair share of the affordable housing need of low- and moderate-income households formed during that period was not suspended. We now must address arguments over constitutional compliance, specifically as it concerns municipal responsibility to address the housing need…