Fair Housing
The Mount Laurel Doctrine in New Jersey requires municipalities to:
APreserve open space in residential zones
BProvide a realistic opportunity for affordable housing for all income levels✓ Correct
CObtain state approval before annexing land
DSet aside 10% of zoning for commercial use
Explanation
The NJ Supreme Court's Mount Laurel decisions require every municipality to provide a realistic opportunity for the construction of its 'fair share' of low- and moderate-income housing.
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Key Terms to Know
Zoning
Local government regulations that control land use by dividing areas into zones specifying permitted uses, building sizes, and densities.
Fair Housing ActFederal law prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, and familial status.
VarianceOfficial permission to use land in a way that does not conform to the applicable zoning ordinance, granted by a zoning board when strict enforcement would cause undue hardship.
Adverse PossessionA doctrine by which a person can gain legal title to another's land by openly, continuously, and adversely occupying it for a statutory period.
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