Sherrill signs Executive Order 17 creating housing council, requiring state land inventory in New Jersey
Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s Executive Order 17 directs agencies to inventory state land for housing, creates an interagency council, and sets a 150-day deadline for recommendations.
Gov. Mikie Sherrill on April 27 signed Executive Order No. 17, directing New Jersey executive-branch entities to inventory state-controlled land and certain “unutilized,” “underutilized,” or “surplus” property that could be used for housing, and establishing a new interagency Housing Governing Council.
The order also adds a temporary procedural condition on property dispositions. Until an executive-branch department or agency has complied with the order’s reporting directives, it may not dispose of property it owns without approval from the Governor’s Office Chief Operating Officer (COO). The governing council must deliver its initial recommendations to the Governor’s Office within 150 days of the order taking effect.