2017 Appendices to the Housing Element & Fair Share Plan
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2017 Appendices to the Housing Element & Fair Share Plan JUNE 30, 2017 Flemington Borough, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Prepared by: Clarke Caton Hintz | 100 barrack street | Trenton, NJ | 08608 APPENDICES TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT & FAIR SHARE PLAN 1. 2017 Settlement Agreement 11. Flemington Electric Documentation 2. Planning Board Resolution 12. Main and Spring Street 3. Governing Body Resolution Redevelopment Documentation 4. Housing, Demographic & 13. Luster / Dodger Blue Employment Analysis Documentation 5. 2009 COAH Substantive 14. Inclusionary Zoning Overlay Certification Ordinance 6. Rehabilitation Program 15. Affordable Housing Ordinance Documentation 16. Affordable Housing 7. Anderson House Documentation Administrative Agent Policies & 8. Herman E. Kapp Apartments Procedural Manual Documentation 17. Affirmative Marketing Plan 9. Martin Village Documentation 18. Spending Plan & Trust Fund 10. Flemington Cut Glass Documentation Documentation 19. Intent to Fund 1. 2017 SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT 2. PLANNING BOARD RESOLUTION 3. GOVERNING BODY RESOLUTION 4. HOUSING, DEMOGRAPHIC & EMPLOYMENT ANALYSIS HOUSING, DEMOGRAPHIC & EMPLOYMENT ANALYSIS Housing Characteristics The 2009-2013 American Community Survey (ACS) 1 indicates that Flemington has approximately 1,944 housing units, with 103, or 5.3%, vacant. Flemington’s housing stock and tenure reflects its status the compact center of rural Hunterdon County. The Borough’s housing stock consists predominantly of multi-family homes, with single-family detached homes only comprising 26.7% of housing units. At the County level, single-family detached units comprise 75.4% of all units. Nearly one-fifth of homes in the Borough are in buildings with 3 or 4 units, compared with only 3.1% for the County. The Borough’s rental population, 66.4%, is over four times that of the County (15.5%) and nearly double that of the State as a whole (34.4%). See Table 1, Housing Units by Number of Units in Structure, for a detailed explanation of the housing units in 2013. TABLE 1. HOUSING UNITS BY NUMBER OF UNITS IN STRUCTURE, 2013 Number Owner- Percent Rental Percent Vacant Percent Total of Units occupied 1, Detached 438 70.76% 82 6.71% 0 0% 520 1, Attached 79 12.76% 28 2.29% 0 0% 107 2 27 4.36% 190 15.55% 103 100% 320 3 or 4 67* 10.82% 298 24.39% 0 0% 365 5 to 9 0 0% 270 22.09% 0 0% 270 10 to 19 0 0% 113 9.25% 0 0% 113 20 or more 8* 1.29% 241 19.72% 0 0% 249 Mobile Home 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 Other 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 Total 619 100% 1,222 100% 103 100% 1,944 Source: 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate (B25032, DP04). *Margin of error exceeds the estimated counts. As such, the estimates may be unreliable. 1 The American Community Survey replaced the long-form Census as the source for much of the housing data necessary to complete this section. The Census is a one-time count of the population while this ACS is an estimate taken over five years through sampling. As such, data in the ACS is subject to a margin of error. Housing, Demographic & Employment Analysis Flemington Borough, Hunterdon county, NJ page 1 Table 2, Housing Units by Year Built, illustrates the age of the Borough’s housing stock. The plurality of Flemington’s housing stock was constructed before 1940 (36.5%). The Borough saw most of its post-World War II housing growth, particularly apartments, in the 1970s and 1980s, with a decline in new housing construction with each subsequent decade (see Table 26 for building permit information for 2010-2014). The median year built of homes in the Borough (1961) is lower than that of the County (1964) and State (1966). TABLE 2. HOUSING UNITS BY YEAR BUILT, 2013 Year Built Total Units Percent Owner Renter Vacant 2010 or later 0* 0.0% 0* 0* 0 2000 to 2009 86 4.4% 9* 77 0 1990 to 1999 52 2.7% 18 34* 0 1980 to 1989 167 8.6% 47 120 0 1970 to 1979 357 18.4% 16* 296 45 1960 to 1969 341 17.5% 29* 312 0 1950 to 1959 143 7.4% 59 84 0 1940 to 1949 89 4.6% 60 29 0 1939 or earlier 709 36.5% 381 270 58 Totals 1,944 100.0% 619 1,222 103 Median Year Built: 1961 n/a** 1967 Source: 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate (DP04, B25036, B25037) *The margins of error for this information exceed the estimated counts. As such, the estimates may be unreliable. ** The ACS indicates that the sample size was too small or the margin of error was too large to calculate this statistic. Table 3, Housing Units by Number of Rooms, shows that 21.9% of homes have between one (1) and three (3) rooms; 53.7% of the housing stock has between four (4) and six (6) rooms; and 24.4% has seven (7) or more rooms. The data from this and other tables indicate that the housing stock in Flemington is, on average, moderate in size. In addition, the plurality (38.9%) of housing in Flemington contains two bedrooms, and only 30.5% of all units have three or more bedrooms. The most common number of bedrooms per housing unit is lower than the County (4 bedrooms) and State (3 bedrooms). See Table 4, Number of Bedrooms per Housing Unit, for more detail. TABLE 3. HOUSING UNITS BY NUMBER OF ROOMS, 2013 Rooms Number of Units Percent 1 43* 2.2% 2 57 2.9% 3 327 16.8% Housing, Demographic & Employment Analysis Flemington Borough, Hunterdon county, NJ page 2 TABLE 3. HOUSING UNITS BY NUMBER OF ROOMS, 2013 Rooms Number of Units Percent 4 575 29.6% 5 299 15.4% 6 170 8.7% 7 253 13.0% 8 139 7.2% 9+ 81 4.2% Total 1,944 100% Source: 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate (DP04) *The margin of error for this information exceeds the estimated counts. As such, the estimate may be unreliable. TABLE 4. NUMBER OF BEDROOMS PER HOUSING UNIT, 2013 Bedrooms Number of Units Percent Efficiency 48* 2.5% 1 546 28.1% 2 757 38.9% 3 330 17.0% 4 177 9.1% 5+ 86 4.4% Total 1,944 100% Source: 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate (DP04) *The margin of error for this information exceeds the estimated counts. As such, the estimates may be unreliable. Table 5, Housing Values, shows that the median home value in Flemington increased 71.71% between 2000 and 2013. While the Borough saw higher growth in home values than Hunterdon County (65.02%) during this time, the County had much higher home values in 2000 ($245,000) and 2013 ($404,300). Based on the 2016 Illustrative Sales Prices, approximately 40 (4%) of 2013 housing in Flemington may be affordable to very-low income households (depending on the number of rooms in the unit). Meanwhile, approximately 54 (8.7%) of units (exclusive of units that may be affordable to very-low income households) may be affordable to low income households, and approximately 56 units (9%) may be affordable to moderate income households (excluding those units affordable to low and very-low income households). In total, approximately 150 Housing, Demographic & Employment Analysis Flemington Borough, Hunterdon county, NJ page 3 owner-occupied units, or 21.8% of owner-occupied units in the Borough, may be affordable to low and moderate income households. TABLE 5. OWNER-OCCUPIED HOUSING VALUES, 2013 & 2000 Housing Unit Value 2013 Units Percent 2000 Units Percent Less than $10,000 7* 1.1% 0 0% $10,000 to $14,999 0* 0% 0 0% $15,000 to $19,999 0* 0% 0 0% $20,000 to $24,999 11* 1.8% 0 0% $25,000 to $29,999 7* 1.1% 0 0% $30,000 to $34,999 0* 0% 0 0% $35,000 to $39,999 0* 0% 0 0% $40,000 to $49,999 0* 0% 0 0% $50,000 to $59,999 0* 0% 7 1.2% $60,000 to $69,999 15* 2.4% 0 0% $70,000 to $79,999 0* 0% 9 1.6% $80,000 to $89,999 0* 0% 0 0% $90,000 to $99,999 0* 0% 0 0% $100,000 to $124,999 39* 6.3% 26 4.6% $125,000 to $149,999 0* 0% 151 26.9% $150,000 to $174,999 7* 1.1% 165 29.4% $175,000 to $199,999 49 7.9% 69 12.3% $200,000 to $249,999 99 16.0% 79 14.1% $250,000 to $299,999 124 20.0% 50 8.9% $300,000 to $399,999 173 27.9% 5 0.9% $400,000 to $499,999 70 11.3% 0 0% $500,000 to $749,999 0* 0% 0 0% $750,000 to $999,999 18* 2.9% 0 0% $1,000,000 or more 0* 0% 0 0% Total 619 100% 561 100% Median $280,400 $163,300 Sources: 2000 Census (H074), 2009-2013 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate (DP04, B25075) *The margins of error for this information exceed the estimated counts. As such, the estimates may be unreliable. The median rent in Flemington in 2013 was $1,244, compared to $1,296 across Hunterdon County. Based on COAH’s 2014 illustrative rents, approximately 124 units, or 10.1%, may be affordable to very low income renters, depending on the number of bedrooms being rented. Similarly, approximately 492 units (40.3% of rental units) may be affordable to low income Housing, Demographic & Employment Analysis Flemington Borough, Hunterdon county, NJ page 4 renters and approximately 538 units (44% of rental units) may be affordable to moderate income renters, exclusive of those units affordable to lower income groups.