Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R-Somerset) issued the following statement regarding the Council On Affordable Housing’s (COAH) refusal to consider a request by Assembly Speaker Roberts and Chairman Green of the Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee to extend the filing deadline for municipalities to submit their housing plans to COAH. The current deadline in December 31, the speaker and the Chairman requested that it be extended by 90 days.
“It is disturbing that the COAH chose to ignore a reasonable request by the Speaker of the General Assembly and the Chairman of the Housing and Local Government Committee to extend the filing deadline by at least 90 days. Common sense demonstrates that municipalities simply need more time to satisfy the ever-changing and arbitrary demands of the Council On Affordable Housing.
“As a result of the Council’s decision to ignore the Speaker and the Chairman I renew my call to Governor Corzine to extend the filing deadline by six months. This position has bipartisan support in the Senate and is also supported by the State League of Municipalities. If the Corzine Administration fails to act on this request I will attempt to impose the deadline extension by legislation which will be introduced at tomorrow’s Senate quorum.”
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