for his leadership skills, integrity and friendship." Constable was unanimously confirmed, by the NJ State Senate, as DCA Commissioner in 2012. Constable, a lifelong Democrat, said of working in the Christie Administration, "I'm not working for a Republican governor, I'm working for Chris Christie, a man I've known for years, a friend." When Constable stepped down in March 2015, he was succeeded by Charles Richman. Council on Affordable Housing As DCA Commissioner, Constable was the chair of the NJ Council on Affordable Housing (COAH). COAH met April 30, 2014, and voted 5–1 to adopt proposed new guidelines that govern municipal and contractor obligations to provide affordable housing in the state as mandated by the New Jersey Supreme Court in a January 2014 ruling. The proposed rules called for roughly 110,000 affordable housing units to be added across the state between 2014 and 2024. Hurricane Sandy On Monday, October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy caused unprecedented damage to New Jersey's housing, business, infrastructure, health, social service and environmental sectors. Immediately following the storm, Governor Christie selected Commissioner Constable and DCA as the lead agency in providing Sandy-displaced families with temporary and permanent housing options. The DCA was entrusted to administer billions in federal Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds to support efforts to rebuild homes, businesses, and infrastructure. In 2013, the DCA engaged Hammerman & Gainer Inc. (HGI) to administer the federally funded, $1.2 billion Rehabilitation, Reconstruction, Elevation and Mitigation (RREM) program, which gives grants of up to $150,000 to homeowners to repair and rebuild homes damaged by Sandy. HGI's $68 million bid was $127 million lower than Tetra Tech, the only other bidder. "It would have been fiscally irresponsible for the state to take the higher bidder," said Constable. The $68 million contract was originally meant to run from 2013 to 2016, but in December 2013 was revised to end in January 2014. Initially, the RREM program had problems, leading to complaints from some applicants and Democratic lawmakers. Constable cited HGI's "performance problems" and noted several months of "corrective action" by DCA. HGI's bills totaled $51 million. It was paid $36 million, and $15 million was subject to an arbitration dispute. The DCA subsequently retained ICF International to perform work previously assigned to HGI. At a New Jersey Assembly Budget Committee hearings, in April 2014, Constable said "the good news is that we're at