Advance Housing, Inc. v. Township of Teaneck, et al.

September 25, 2013
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that non-profit organizations providing housing and other supportive services to people with mental illness and other disabilities are exempt from paying property taxes. Advance Housing, Inc. has been providing supportive housing for people with disabilities since 1996. It originally applied for tax-exempt status from the nine Bergen County municipalities in 2001 for the years 2002, 2003, and 2004, but its applications were rejected, and its appeal to the Bergen County Board of Taxation was rejected in 2004. The Bergen County municipalities had argued that Advance Housing did not qualify . . .