TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie has conditionally vetoed a bill to reform how the state dictates towns' affordable housing quotas, sending it back to the Legislature. Christie had supported a version of the bill (S1) that passed the Senate in June. But the bill was unable to get through the Assembly in the same form, and had to be...
Governor Chris Christie during a press conference in this December 2010 photo.TRENTON — Gov. Chris Christie has conditionally vetoed a bill to reform how the state dictates towns' affordable housing quotas, sending it back to the Legislature.
Christie had supported a version of the bill (S1) that passed the Senate in June. But the bill was unable to get through the Assembly in the same form, and had to be amended before it was passed in the lower house earlier this month.
Both versions of the bill eliminate the controversial Council on Affordable Housing, but they differ in exactly what type of affordable housing obligations the state would set.
Christie sent back to the Legislature a bill identical to its original version.
“If the goal of this legislation is to replace an already broken system for providing affordable housing with a common sense, predictable and achievable process, then this bill sorely misses the mark,” said Christie in a prepared statement. “The Senate has presented a considerably different version of the legislation I originally supported in June."
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• N.J. appeals court says Christie administration must present new affordable housing rules
• N.J. Legislature approves abolishing COAH, overhauling affordable housing laws
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