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AMY L. KOVAC and ASJYLYN LODER, special to the record
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
02-01-2005

New rules on housing baffle town planners -- Requirements vary on affordable units
By AMY L. KOVAC and ASJYLYN LODER, special to the record
Date: 02-01-2005, Tuesday
Section: LOCAL
Edtion: Two Star P

Little Falls planners are struggling to squeeze low- and moderate-income housing into a town that is nearly built out, while Clifton is trying to calculate how much it is required to accommodate.

Neither town knows yet how many homes the state Council on Affordable Housing will require them to make room for in the next 10 years or where they will have to site them. Under new rules, which went into effect ...

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