Draft_October 2025_West Orange_HEFSP_with Appendices

Township of West Orange October 2025 Essex County, New Jersey Draft Housing Element and Fair Share Plan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REVIEW OF PRIOR ROUND COMPLIANCE As part of any Housing Element and Fair Share Plan, a municipality shall include an assessment of the degree to which the municipality has met its fair share obligation from the previous rounds of affordable housing obligations as established by prior Court approval or approval by COAH and determine to what extent this obligation is unfulfilled or whether the municipality has credits in excess of its previous round obligations. If a previous round obligation remains unfulfilled, or a municipality never received an approval from the Court or COAH for any previous round, the municipality shall address such unfulfilled previous round obligation in its Housing Element and Fair Share Plan. In addressing previous round obligations, the municipality shall retain any sites that, in furtherance of the previous round obligation, are the subject of a contractual agreement with a developer, or for which the developer has filed a complete application seeking subdivision or site plan approval prior to the date by which the Housing Element and Fair Share Plan are required to be submitted, and shall demonstrate how any sites that were not built in the previous rounds continue to present a realistic opportunity. Prior Round Compliance (1987-1999) The Township had a Prior Round obligation of 226 units. Per the Court-approved Third Round Settlement Agreement and the Township’s Third Round JOR, West Orange met their Prior Round obligation through the following mechanisms: Existing 100% Affordable Developments Degnan House/ Eagle Rock Senior Citizen’s Housing Degnan House/ Eagle Rock Senior Citizen’s Housing is located at 430 Main Street and includes Lot 27.01 of Block 113.01. The five-story apartment building was completed in 1979, and includes 62 age-restricted rental units. Of these 62 units, 10 units are applied toward the Township’s Prior Round obligation, since only these units were occupied after April 1, 1980. This project was funded by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and its affordability controls have since expired. All associated documentation can be

ccupied after April 1, 1980. This project was funded by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and its affordability controls have since expired. All associated documentation can be found in the appendix of the Township’s Court-approved Third Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan, adopted on November 17, 2020. Federation Plaza Federation Plaza is located at 750 Northfield Avenue and includes Lot 16 of Block 65. The 100% affordable age-restricted complex includes a total of 134 rental units across four (4) internally connected buildings, ranging between 3 and 5 stories in height. The complex opened in December of 1980. This project was funded by Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC), and affordability controls will remain in effect until November 1, 2029. 41