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--- Document: Third Round Midpoint Review/Affordable Housing Activities Document ---
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August 3, 2020
Adam M. Gordon, Esq.
Executive Director, Fair Share Housing Center
510 Park Boulevard
Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08002
Subject: Robbinsville Township
Third Round Midpoint Review of Affordable Housing Activities
Docket No.: MER-L-1457-15
Dear Mr. Gordon:
In my capacity as the affordable housing consultant for Robbinsville Township (“the
Township”), I am pleased to submit the Township’s Third Round Midpoint Review of
Affordable Housing Activities (“the Midpoint Review”).
PURPOSE
The Township’s 2018 Settlement Agreement (“the Settlement”) with the Fair Share
Housing Center (“the FSHC”) requires that the Township comply with the statutory
midpoint review requirements of the Fair Housing Act (“the FHA”) and N.J.S.A. 52:27D-
313.
Pursuant to the Settlement, the Township is required to issue a midpoint realistic
opportunity review, which is a status report as to the implementation of the Township’s Fair
Share Plan and an analysis of whether any unbuilt sites or unfulfilled mechanisms continue
to present a realistic opportunity for affordable housing development and whether any
mechanisms to meet unmet need should be revised or supplemented. This report has
been prepared to comply with the terms of the Settlement, the FHA, and N.J.S.A. 52:27D-
313.
TOWNSHIP’S THIRD ROUND FAIR SHARE OBLIGATIONS
Pursuant to the terms of the Settlement, the Township has the following Third Round Fair
Share obligations:
● Rehabilitation Share/Present Need: 16
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● Prior Round Obligation: 293
● Third Round Prospective Need: 638
REHABILITATION OBLIGATION/PRESENT NEED REVIEW
The Township has completed 16 rehabilitations and has accordingly satisfied its Present
Need obligation of 16 units.
PRIOR ROUND OBLIGATION REVIEW
The Township has met its Prior Round obligation of 293 through various mechanisms as
stipulated in the Settlement.
PROJECT
TYPE
NUMBER
Group Home: Eden
A.C.R.E.’s
Bedrooms
3
Foxmoor
For Sale Family
51
Foxmoor
For Sale Family
100
Project Freedom
Rentals
35
Group Home Bedrooms
Rentals
24
Trenton RCA
Non-Rentals
11
Substantial Compliance
Granted by COAH
7
Rental Bonus
62
TOTAL
293
THIRD ROUND PROSPECTIVE NEED
Of the Third Round Prospective Need of 638 units as stipulated in the Settlement, the
Township satisfied 333 units through various mechanisms. Applying an agreed upon rental
bonus of 159, the remaining proposed obligation is 157 units, to be satisfied as follows:
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Mercer Mobile Home Park (aka MMHP, now known as Newtown Village)
As per the terms of the Settlement, the Township acquired the Mercer Mobile Home Park
and renamed the property “Newtown Village,” consisting of 149 total existing pad sites
(family units) and resulting in a total of 70 credits. A new sign depicting the new name has
been erected at the site’s entrance, and a timeline for a sewer project at the property is
under development.
Project Freedom1
Construction is ongoing, with one building slated to be completed by the end of December
2020 or early January 2021, and a lottery logistic meeting to be held in September 2020
followed by a lottery projected for December 2020.
Extension of Controls
The Township continues to work to extend affordability controls, as per the Township's
2018 Fair Share Plan on Page 8:
5. The Foxmoor development contains 182 affordable units, of which 181 have
had or will have their affordability controls extended. One hundred fifty one (151)
prior cycle or Prior Round units were used to address the Prior Round and 31
surplus Prior Round units are being used to address the "gap period" portion of
the Third Round Obligation (1999 to 2015). All of the Foxmoor units are built and
occupied.
Group Home Bedrooms (19 per Settlement)
The Township has exceeded the requirement through the provision of 31 group
home bedrooms in the Third Round.
Town Center - Block 3.44, Lot 1.02 (5 family rentals per Settlement)
The project remains proposed.
1 Block 1, Lots 32 and 65 (Resolution 2018-61)
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Town Center South - Block 1, Lots 32 and 65 (52 family rentals per Settlement)
The project remains proposed.
King Site Inclusionary Zoning - Block 1, Lots 12 and 13 (7 family rentals per Settlement)
The project remains proposed.
Market to Affordable (4 family sales per Settlement)
One market to affordable projects has been completed.
VERY LOW INCOME ANALYSIS
The Settlement requires 13 percent of all units referenced in the agreement, with the
exception of units constructed or granted preliminary or final site plan approval as of July
1, 2008, to be very low income units, with half of the very low income units being available
to families.
As per the terms of the Settlement, the Township has met the requirement at the Newtown
Village property (formerly known as Mercer Mobile Home Park), and will meet the
requirement at the other properties listed in the Settlement after they are constructed.
CONCLUSION
The Township continues to act in good faith with the terms of the Settlement in ensuring a
realistic opportunity for the preservation and development of affordable housing
opportunities.
As always, I am reachable at your convenience via phone or email if you would like to
discuss this matter.
Yours sincerely,
Christine A. Nazzaro-Cofone, AICP, PP
Township Affordable Housing Consultant