It's where every town in a state is required to plan for a given number of affordable units every so often.

Yeah, based in CT, I think I'd much prefer zoning reform to a fair share law if I had to choose

Uhhhhh...

And I don't think some advocates and YIMBYs realize the administrative burden that comes from fair share laws. In June, I was talking to someone who worked at COAH decades ago and they were shocked to hear we were working 60 and 70 hours a week just to draft these plans.

Oh it's such an inefficient way to build housing. Back when Mount Laurel started, greenfield development was a lot more common. Now, municipalities rely on redevelopment, but those projects are significantly less likely to come to fruition.

It's just a question of capacity. These plans are hundreds of pages long. And often we have to go through board minutes, site plan applications, DEP docs, zoning ordinances, and other docs, not to mention site analysis, just to show a site doesn't provide a "realistic opportunity" for housing.

I don't think this is a new issue. I've come across a good number of unbuilt sites from the Third Round that were clearly problematic back then. In fact, some of the more flagrant sites I've seen have been from previous rounds.

cc @princetonyimby.bsky.social

Congratulations, Tom!!!

If I had to use one word to describe Ryan...

Fair Grounds Coffee. It was just off Colley.

Ok well they're just snooty then

Norfolk

Look, they're just being good neoliberals and using prices to keep the party from being overcrowded.

I know @trumbullbrod.bsky.social will dig this one.