Wealthy NJ Suburb Fights Over Housing Plans for Empty Firehouse (2)

Summit has all the hallmarks of an affluent New York-area suburb: top-rated schools, showrooms for Aston Martins and Infinitis, a roster of celebrity residents — and a battle over housing.

An eight-garage firehouse in the New Jersey community is sitting empty after residents squashed plans to redevelop the site into dozens of apartments. Summit needs more of that type of building to meet a state mandate to zone for 345 affordable homes over the next decade. So far, it’s planning only 18, according to Fair Share Housing Center, an advocacy group that’s trying to force more building.

The commuter city — ...