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This Resolution urges the Council on Local Mandates, a body that reviews state-imposed requirements on local governments, to declare certain rules used in the third round of COAH (Council on Affordable Housing) methodology as invalid unfunded mandates. An unfunded mandate is a requirement imposed by a higher level of government on a lower level that does not provide the necessary funding to implement it. The COAH methodology is a set of rules and calculations used to determine a municipality's obligation to create affordable housing. By asking the Council on Local Mandates to invalidate these specific COAH rules, the Resolution is essentially arguing that the state is forcing towns to build affordable housing without providing the financial resources to do so, thereby creating an unfair burden on local taxpayers.