Resolution #06-17-2025
Adopting Housing Element and Fair Share Plan

WHEREAS, on March 20, 2024, Governor Murphy signed into law P.L. 2024, c.2 which amended various provisions of the New Jersey Fair Housing Act (N.J.S.A. 52:270-301 et seq. ("Amended FHA"); and

WHEREAS, the Amended FHA sets forth that the Fourth Round period of affordable housing obligations shall run from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2035 ("Fourth Round" or "Round Four''); and

WHEREAS, the Amended FHA requires, among other things, that municipalities prepare and adopt a Housing Element & Fair Share Plan on or before June 30, 2025;

WHEREAS, as a result of the passage of the Amended FHA, the Board has determined to adopt a Fourth Round Housing Element & Fair Share Plan for the Township of Wantage; and

WHEREAS, the Township Planner has prepared a Master Plan Reexamination Report and Housing Element & Fair Share Plan which have been reviewed by the Board; and

WHEREAS, the Land Use Board of the Township of Wantage held a public hearing on the Housing Element & Fair Share Plan on June 17, 2025, for which the required public notice was duly provided pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:550-13; and

WHEREAS, the Board has determined that the Housing Element & Fair Share Plan is consistent with the goals and objectives of the municipal Master Plan and the implementation of same is in the public interest and promotes the general welfare; and

WHEREAS, by this Resolution, the Board hereby approves the 2025 Fourth Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Land Use Board of the Township of Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey, that the Board hereby adopts the 2025 Fourth Round Housing Element & Fair Share Plan for the Township of Wantage, dated June 17, 2025, prepared by J. Caldwell & Associates, LLC, both of which are attached hereto and incorporated herein. The Board Secretary is hereby directed to send a copy of the Housing Element & Fair Share Plan, and is Resolution, to the Sussex County Planning Board.

Victoria Gill, Land Use Board Chair

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a resolution duly adopted by the Township of Wantage Land Use Board at a meeting held on June 17, 2025.

Michelle Buskiewicz, Land Use Board Secretary