NORTH ARLINGTON FAILS TO REACH AGREEMENT WITH FAIR SHARE HOUSING MANDATES
Other holdouts are Montvale, Toms River, Old Bridge, Warren Township, Hillsborough & Readington.
NORTH ARLINGTON – the all-Republican Mayor & Council can’t stop approving apartments everywhere and anywhere with an emphasis on Ridge Road, while failing to reach an agreement with state officials regarding the number of affordable units for the community.
With home prices exploding, local officials seem fixated on accommodating every developer who wants to construct a unit, but NA is now one of just seven municipalities that has failed to reach an agreement with state officials for number of required units over the next decade.
Local officials have insisted this massive overdevelopment would control taxes and spending, but the opposite has occurred as witnessed in the 2024 property tax increase spike and the continued use of the unpopular rolling assessments led by Mayor Dan Pronti (R). 
There are 567 municipalities in the state of New Jersey with 98.7% now in compliance with required affordable guidelines.
North Arlington is not one of them.
A federal lawsuit has been filed by those fighting the mandate.
A solution to this non-compliance will probably be heard by the state’s new Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program.
The Fair Share Housing Center (FSHC) is a nonprofit advocacy organization based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
Founded in 1975, FSHC was instrumental in establishing the Mount Laurel Doctrine, a landmark legal framework that mandates municipalities to provide their fair share of affordable housing.
This doctrine emerged from a community-led effort in Mount Laurel to combat exclusionary zoning practices that were found to be unconstitutional.
The lack of progress has been going on for decades.