NJ releases new affordable housing quotas. See your Central Jersey town’s numbers

The Department of Community Affairs’ release of new affordable housing goals for New Jersey’s 564 municipalities for the next decade has sparked a political and legal battle.

The numbers, released late Friday afternoon, call for 84,698 affordable units statewide to be designated in the next decade added to the present need for 65,410 units.

Here’s a breakdown of the numbers by town in Central Jersey.

Middlesex County affordable housing units

• Carteret, 0.
• Cranbury, 265.
• Dunellen, 23.
• East Brunswick, 314.
• Edison, 727.
• Helmetta, 24.
• Highland Park, 45.
• jamesburg, 38.
• Metuchen, 120.
• Middlesex Borough, 81.
• Milltown, 51.
• Monroe, 751.
• New Brunswick, 0.
• North Brunswick, 239.
• Old Bridge, 685
• Perth Amboy, 0.
• Piscataway, 539.
• Plainsboro, 309.
• Sayreville, 270.
• South Amboy, 49.
• South Brunswick, 959.
• South Plainfield, 208.
• South River, 62.
• Spotswood, 42.
• Woodbridge. 0.

Somerset County affordable housing units

• Bedminster, 72.
• Bernards, 218.
• Bernardsville, 113.
• Bound Brook, 31.
• Branchburg, 297.
• Bridgewater, 474.
• Far Hills, 41.
• Franklin, 714.
• Green Brook, 120.
• Hillsborough, 565.
• Manville, 34.
• Millstone, 31.
• Montgomery, 260.
• North Plainfield, 64.
• Peapack-Gladstone, 75.
• Raritan, 99.
• Rocky Hill, 37.
• Somerville, 74.
• South Bound Brook, 22.
• Warren, 262.
• Watchung, 119.

Hunterdon County affordable housing units

• Alexandria, 75.
• Bethlehem, 51.
• Bloomsbury, 15.
• Californ. 23.
• Clinton Town, 54.
• Clinton Township, 174.
• Delaware, 60.
• East Amwell, 44.
• Flemington, 25.
• Franklin, 52.
• Frenchtown, 22.
• Glen Gardner, 11.
• Hampton, 9.
• High Bridge, 33.
• Holland, 43.
• Kingwood, 50.
• Lambertville, 39.
• Lebanon Borough, 31.
• Lebanon Township, 46.
• Milford, 23.
• Raritan Township, 336.
• Readington, 561.
• Stockton, 20.
• Tewksbury, 76.
• Union, 118.
• West Amwell, 39.

Union County affordable housing units

• Berkeley Heights, 275.
• Clark, 166.
• Cranford, 268.
• Elizabeth, 0.
• Fanwood, 109.
• Garwood, 80.
• Hillside, 0.
• Kenilworth, 208.
• Linden, 787.
• Mountainside, 171.
• New Providence, 210.
• Plainfield, 0.
• Rahway, 0.
• Roselle, 0.
• Roselle Park, 75.
• Scotch Plains, 244.
• Springfield, 284.
• Summit, 345.
• Union, 585.
• Westfield, 397.
• Winfield, 11.