Affordable Housing

Topology is trusted to provide guidance for the provision of affordable housing in a dozen municipalities, including Livingston, Madison, Millburn, Morristown, Rockaway Borough, South Orange, and Westfield. We assist these communities to satisfy their constitutionally mandated requirements in a way that provides dignified housing for low- and moderate-income residents without causing unnecessary congestion, financial hardship, or undue impacts on existing neighborhoods. Navigating the various requirements and needs of diverse stakeholders requires a complex understanding of the issues involved, a skill that Topology has honed throughout the years.

In response to 2024 legislation modifying affordable housing procedures and methodologies, Topology has positioned itself as a thought leader in advance of regional and municipal 4th Round Obligations, preparing proprietary data and mapping tools to provide client communities with preliminary calculations. Further, we have prepared a suite of template deliverables to efficiently and expeditiously advise municipalities early and often of the evolving affordable housing landscape so that they may make informed, strategic decisions to identify mechanisms to satisfy their prospective obligations and position themselves to meet statutory deadlines and requirements. As part of this process, Topology regularly prepares a suite of materials necessary to codify and implement a municipality’s path to compliance, including:

• Housing Element and Fair Share Plan

• Spending Plan

• Affirmative Marketing Plan

• Vacant Land Adjustment

• Associated Mapping and GIS analysis