Housing Element and Fair Share Plan
Montclair Township's Housing Element & Fair Share Plan for 2025 - 2035 was adopted by the Planning Board on May 19, 2025, and is available to view here(PDF, 7MB).
On March 20, 2024, Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law a new framework intended to guide towns toward meeting their fourth-round affordable housing obligations under the state's Mt. Laurel doctrine. This law officially abolishes the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing and streamlines the process for future rounds. It also establishes a new methodology for calculating regional and municipal affordable housing obligations and provides updates to affordability controls, trust fund regulations and enhanced reporting. The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs issued a report entitled “Affordable Housing Obligations for 2025 – 2035 (Fourth Round) Methodology and Background” that calculates Montclair Township’s Present Need at 132 units and Prospective Need at 0 units. On January 6, 2025, the Montclair Township Council adopted a resolution that determines Montclair Township’s Present Need at 132 units and Prospective Need at 0 units for the fourth-round (2025-2035) affordable housing period. This resolution can be downloaded through this link: https://ecode360.com/MO0769/document/753118502.pdf.
The Department of Planning and Community Development provided an overview of the new affordable housing regulations to the Township Council on July 30, 2024.
Housing Plan Presentation_2024-07-30(PDF, 2MB)
Graduate students from the Bloustein School at Rutgers University participated in a Community Development Studio where they worked with the Montclair Township Housing Commission and other stakeholders in Montclair Township to assess the state of affordable housing and housing policies in the town. This information will be used by the Township in preparation for a new Housing Element and Fair Share Plan which is to be completed by July 1, 2025. Links to the presentation and the final report are provided below.
Affordable Housing in Montclair presentation(PDF, 2MB)
Affordable-Housing-in-Montclair_final-report.pdf(PDF, 10MB)