A Hudson County judge has barred three luxury apartment buildings in Hoboken from leasing market-rate units until they comply with a decades-old city law requiring affordable housing.

The ruling, issued by Judge Joseph Turula, applies to the VINE, Park+Garden, and Artisan buildings, all of which have operated without providing the affordable units mandated by Hoboken’s inclusionary zoning ordinance.

The case originally included a fourth property, the Harlow, whose owners settled earlier in the litigation .

Enacted in 1988, the ordinance requires residential developments with more than 10 units to reserve 10% for low- and moderate-income households.

“It is undisputed (that) the defendants have failed to honor these legal obligations,” Turula said at a hearing in the cases on July 17

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