N.J. Stat. § 55:19-18 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-18
Appropriation from bond fund
Status: in_force

a. There is appropriated to the Urban Development Investment Fund from the Community Development Bond Fund created by the "Community Development Bond Act of 1982" (P.L. 1981, c. 486) the sum of $30,000,000.00 for the purposes of this act, including so much thereof as may be necessary to meet any expense incurred by the issuing officials under P.L. 1981, c. 486 for advertising, engraving, printing, clerical, legal or other services necessary to carry out the duties imposed upon them by the provisions of that act. b. It is the purpose of this act that the funds from which this appropriation shall be met shall be those funds which shall be derived from the sale of the Community Development Bonds, the issuance of which is provided for by subsection b. of section 5 of P.L. 1981, c. 486, which act was submitted to and approved by the people at the general election held on November 2, 1982. c. The Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting in the Department of the Treasury is authorized and directed to make such correction of the title or text, or both, of any item in this act necessary to make an appropriation available for the purpose of its intention. The correction shall be by a written ruling reciting in appropriate detail the facts thereof and the reasons therefor, attested by the signature of the director and filed by him in his office as an official record, and any action thereunder, including disbursements, and the audit thereof, shall be legally binding, and of full force. d. In order that all costs, whether direct or indirect of implementing the "Community Development Bond Act of 1982," P.L. 1981, c. 486 shall be paid from the fund established in section 14 thereof, the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting, where appropriate and practicable, shall charge the fund and credit to the General State Fund or expenditure source such sums as may have been expended from other State appropriations for direct or indirect costs related to the programs herein authorized. e. At any time prior to the issuance and sale of bonds under P.L. 1981, c. 486, the State Treasurer is authorized to transfer from available money in any fund of the Treasury of the State to credit of the Community Development Bond Fund, a sum as he may deem necessary. The sum so transferred shall be returned to the same fund of the Treasury by the State Treasurer from the proceeds of the sale of the bonds. f. The State Treasurer or the Director of the Division of Budget and Accounting shall approve expenditures from the Community Development Bond Fund for administrative costs. g. (Deleted by amendment, P.L. 1988, c. 120.) h. Loan rates and maturities of loans made by the Urban Development Corporation shall be established by the State Treasurer taking into consideration rates available in capital markets for comparable maturities and comparable credit quality. Local governments may secure interim financing under this act to enable a project to be undertaken before permanent financing is secured or may secure permanent financing under this act with a final maturity related to the expected useful life of the project being so financed. i. No interest-free loan shall be permitted without the written approval of the State Treasurer or his designee. j. Pending their application to the purposes provided in this act, the monies in the Community Development Fund may be invested and reinvested as are other trust funds in the custody of the State Treasurer, in the manner provided by law. Net earnings received from the investment or deposit of that fund shall be paid into the General Fund. L. 1985, c. 227, s. 17; amended 1988,c.120.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14A-59 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-59
Housing authority to provide written notice of housing development project
Status: in_force

a. The executive director or other chief executive officer of a local or regional housing authority shall provide written notice to a county or municipality, as appropriate, whenever the authority enters into a written agreement for the planning and construction of a housing development project within the county or municipality for which funding assistance shall be sought from State or federal agencies, or both. The executive director or other chief executive officer shall also provide notice to such officials when the authority makes application for such assistance. Such notification shall be made within five calendar days of the signing of the written agreement, or the application for funding assistance. b. In the case of a county organized under the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-1 et seq.), written notice shall be provided to the county executive or other appropriate executive officer, and to the board of chosen freeholders. In all other counties, written notice shall be provided to the members of the board of chosen freeholders. In the case of a municipality other than a municipality organized under the council-manager plan pursuant to the "Optional Municipal Charter Law," P.L.1950, c.210 (C.40:69A-1 et seq.), written notice shall be provided to the mayor and to the members of the council. In the case of a municipality organized under the council-manager plan pursuant to the "Optional Municipal Charter Law," P.L.1950, c.210 (C.40:69A-1 et seq.), written notice shall be provided to the manager and to the members of the council. L.1990,c.90,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-44 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-44
P.L.1996, c.62 complete authority for issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

25. The foregoing sections of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-20 et al.) shall be deemed to provide a complete method for the doing of things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as not in conflict with, or as restrictive of, powers conferred by any other laws, and the provisions of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-20 et al.) shall be complete authority for the issuance of bonds by the authority and the provisions of any other laws shall not apply to the issuance of such bonds. L.1996,c.62,s.25.
N.J. Stat. § 55:18-5 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-5
Conformance to codes
Status: in_force

Every structure rehabilitated or converted by a lessee under authority of this act, and every dwelling unit in such structure, shall conform to all applicable codes relating to healthfulness, safety and structural soundness of comparable new construction in the municipality; except as the governing body may by ordinance grant modification of or exemption from applicable municipal codes or ordinances on reasonable grounds and without hazard to the health and safety of residents of the rehabilitated or converted structure. L.1983, c. 335, s. 5, eff. Sept. 2, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-81 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-81
Rules, regulations
Status: in_force

10. `The agency is authorized to promulgate the rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions and purposes of P.L.1998, c.128 (C.55:14K-72 et seq.) in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.). In developing these regulations the agency shall examine and analyze any existing programs of similar type that have been successfully effectuated in other jurisdictions, and shall endeavor to formulate criteria and procedures, both for the design and operation of viable projects and for the selection of and obligations assigned to individual participants who shall be assisted by the program. L.1998,c.128,s.10.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-25 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-25
Powers and duties of local boards of health not impaired
Status: in_force

(a) This act is not intended, and nothing in this act shall be construed, to abrogate or impair the powers and duties of local boards of health, of the Department of Health under chapter 177 of the laws of 1947. (b) This act is not intended, and nothing in this act shall be construed, to preclude the right of any municipality to adopt and enforce ordinances or regulations more restrictive than this act or any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder. L.1967, c. 76, s. 25, eff. May 31, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-4 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-4
Supervisor of bureau of housing inspection; administration and enforcement of act
Status: in_force

The Bureau of Housing Inspection heretofore constituted in the Division of Housing and Urban Renewal in the Department of Community Affairs by section 23 of chapter 293 of the laws of 1966 shall be under the immediate supervision of a supervisor, who shall administer and enforce the provisions of this act, subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner, and who shall perform such other duties as the commissioner may direct or as may be provided by law. Said supervisor shall be a licensed architect or professional engineer of this State who shall be appointed by the commissioner subject to the provisions of Title 11 of the Revised Statutes, Civil Service. L.1967, c. 76, s. 4, eff. May 31, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13B-1 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13B / Section 13B-1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Rooming and Boarding House Act of 1979." L.1979, c. 496, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-102 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-102
Prospective homebuyer, enrolled, home buying assistance program, priority consideration.
Status: in_force

5. A prospective homebuyer enrolled in another home buying assistance program administered by the agency shall receive priority consideration in the purchase of a residential property that has been purchased and rehabilitated with funds allocated from the Foreclosure Intervention Fund established pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2021, c.34 (C.55:14K-99). L.2023, c.76, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-8 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-8
Transmittal of copies of regulations to board; publication; hearing; effective date
Status: in_force

(a) Prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any regulations pursuant to this act, the commissioner shall: (1) Transmit copies of the proposed regulations to the board for its review and recommendations. Within 30 days of the receipt of copies of said proposed regulations, the board shall provide the commissioner with such written recommendations thereon as it may have; (2) Publish in the New Jersey Register a general notice of intention to promulgate regulations, which notice shall include (1) a reference to the authority under which the regulations are proposed; (2) a statement of the purpose of the proposed regulations; (3) either the terms or substance of the proposed regulations or a description of the subjects and issues involved; (4) a statement that a copy of the proposed regulations may be obtained by any person upon written request to the bureau; and (5) a statement of the date, time and place for a public hearing on the proposed regulations, which date shall not be less than 20 days nor more than 30 days after the publication of the notice of intention to promulgate proposed regulations, and not less than 50 days after transmittal by the commissioner of copies of said proposed regulations to the board. (b) (Deleted by amendment.) (c) Any person appearing at said public hearing shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard, either through the submission of written data, views, or arguments or the oral presentation of the same. Upon the expiration of the 30 days next succeeding the date of said public hearing, the commissioner shall issue and promulgate the regulations required to be issued and promulgated by section 7 of this act, either as originally proposed or as amended or revised by the commissioner subsequent to said public hearings, which regulations shall be effective on such date as may be provided therein. L.1967, c. 76, s. 8, eff. May 31, 1967. Amended by L.1970, c. 138, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-53 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-53
Financial agreements to provide for repayment of bonds
Status: in_force

34. a. A financial agreement entered into pursuant to section 33 of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-52) shall provide for payments in lieu of taxes in an amount agreed upon, and, to the extent needed to pay debt service and other related costs of the bonds or other obligations authorized in this section, shall be pledged to the repayment of the bonds or other obligations authorized in this section. b. The bonds or other obligations authorized in this section shall be special and limited obligations secured by the agreement for payment in lieu of taxes or other available sources. c. The New Jersey Redevelopment Authority, New Jersey Economic Development Authority or county improvement authority may issue negotiable bonds or other obligations for the purpose of financing or refinancing the construction, reconstruction, repair, alteration, improvement and development of any infrastructure or parking or transportation facilities or work that reduces, abates or prevents environmental pollution or other improvements that provide a public benefit within or to a redevelopment area as defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-3). d. The financial agreement provided for in this section or other source of revenues may be assigned, by the municipality, in whole or in part, directly to the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority, New Jersey Economic Development Authority or county improvement authority or the trustee of bonds or other obligations as payment or security for the bonds or other obligations. e. In the event the payment in lieu of taxes is secured by a mortgage, the mortgage may also be assigned and pledged to the repayment of the bonds authorized herein. f. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the assignment of the agreement for payment in lieu of taxes may be an absolute assignment of all or part of the municipality's right, title and interest in such agreement or in the payment in lieu of taxes, and to the extent assigned, such agreement or payment shall not be included in the general funds of the municipality. g. After the bonds or other obligations are paid and no longer deemed to be outstanding, the entire payment in lieu of taxes shall be paid directly to the municipality and shall be included within its general funds. h. The assignment of any mortgage that secures a payment in lieu of taxes may also be an absolute assignment of all or part of the municipality's right, title and interest in such mortgage and, to the extent assigned, any moneys realized from the foreclosure of the mortgaged property shall not be included in the general funds of the municipality. i. After the bonds or other obligations are paid and no longer deemed to be outstanding, the assignment of the mortgage shall terminate and any moneys realized from the foreclosure of the mortgaged property shall be included in the general funds of the municipality. L.1996,c.62,s.34.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13B-19 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13B / Section 13B-19
Rights of resident of boarding facility
Status: in_force

Every resident of a boarding facility shall have the right: a. To manage his own financial affairs; b. To wear his own clothing; c. To determine his own dress, hair style, or other personal effects according to individual preference; d. To retain and use his personal property in his immediate living quarters, so as to maintain individuality and personal dignity, except where the boarding facility can demonstrate that such would be unsafe, impractical to do so, infringes upon the rights of others and that mere convenience is not the facility's motive to restrict this right; e. To receive and send unopened correspondence; f. To unaccompanied access to a telephone at a reasonable hour and to a private phone at the resident's expense; g. To privacy; h. To retain the services of his own personal physician at his own expense or under a health care plan and to confidentiality and privacy concerning his medical condition and treatment; i. To unrestricted communication, including personal visitation with any person of his choice, at any reasonable hour; j. To make contacts with the community and to achieve the highest level of independence, autonomy, and interaction with the community of which he is capable; k. To present grievances on behalf of himself or others to the operator, State governmental agencies or other persons without threat of reprisal in any form or manner whatsoever; l . To a safe and decent living environment and considerate and respectful care that recognizes the dignity and individuality of the resident; m. To refuse to perform services for the boarding facility, except as contracted for by the resident and the operator; n. To practice the religion of his or her choice, or to abstain from religious practice; and o . To not be deprived of any constitutional, civil or legal right solely by reason of residence in a boarding facility. L.1979, c. 500, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-52 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-52
Insurance against defaults
Status: in_force

8. In order to secure purchasers of the bonds issued pursuant to section 4 of this act against any default arising out of insufficiency of moneys in the fund and resulting in failure to make full and punctual payments of interest and principal in accordance with the terms of their issuance, the agency is authorized to enter into a contract or contracts with one or more corporations authorized under Title 17 of the Revised Statutes to insure against loss from such defaults. L.1992,c.114,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-1 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-1
Short title
Status: in_force

This act shall be known as, and may be cited as, the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law." L.1967, c. 76, s. 1, eff. May 31, 1967. Amended by L.1970, c. 138, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13C-2.5 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13C / Section 13C-2.5
Short title.
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Feminine Hygiene Products for the Homeless Act." L.2023, c.303, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-96 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-96
Definitions relative to foreclosure prevention.
Status: in_force

3. As used in P.L.2021, c.34 (C.55:14K-94 et al.): "Agency" means the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1983, c.530 (C.55:14K-4). "Community development corporation" means a nonprofit community development corporation established pursuant to Title 15 or 15A of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey, or other law of this State, with a focus on producing and operating affordable housing or housing with on-site social services for individuals with special needs. "Community development financial institution" means an entity designated and certified by the United States Department of the Treasury as a Community Development Financial Institution pursuant to 12 CFR Part 1805. "Foreclosure intervention contractor" or "contractor" means a community development financial institution or other non-profit entity with experience conducting dwelling rehabilitation, mortgage servicing and underwriting, financing and acquisition of real estate for affordable housing, or community development work that enters into a contract or loan with the agency pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1983, c.530 (C.55:14K-5). "Eligible property" means any residential property or mortgage note that is owned by an institutional lender as the result of a mortgage foreclosure judgment or a deed in lieu of foreclosure, is owned by a municipality as the result of a tax foreclosure judgment or is subject to a nonperforming loan from an institutional lender. "Fund" means the Foreclosure Intervention Fund, established pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2021, c.34 (C.55:14K-99). "Institutional lender" or "lender" means any lawfully constituted mortgage lender, mortgage investor, or mortgage loan servicer that owns an eligible property, including, but not limited to, any agency or instrumentality of the United States or the State, including, but not limited to, the Government National Mortgage Association, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Federal Housing Administration, the Small Business Administration, the Resolution Funding Corporation, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. "Program" means the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Intervention Program," initially established as the "New Jersey Residential Foreclosure Prevention Program" pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2021, c.34 (C.55:14K-97), and amended pursuant to P.L.2023, c.76 (C.55:14K-102 et al.). "Rehabilitation" means the repair, reconstruction, or renovation of the interior or exterior of a residential dwelling which renders the dwelling safe, sanitary, and decent for residential purposes. "Vacant and abandoned" means the same as the term is defined under subsections a. and b. of section 1 of P.L.2012, c.70 (C.2A:50-73). L.2021, c.34, s.3; amended by 2023, c.76, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13B-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13B / Section 13B-5.1
Responsibilities assumed by DOH; inter-agency agreement.
Status: in_force

15. a. The Department of Community Affairs shall cease its responsibilities for licensure, inspections, and the establishment and enforcement of standards with respect to each rooming or boarding house that provides services to residents with special needs, including, but not limited to, persons with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders or other forms of dementia, as of the date that the Department of Health assumes these responsibilities pursuant to section 18 of P.L.2015, c.125 (C.26:2H-149). b. The Department of Community Affairs shall establish and enter into an inter-agency agreement with the Department of Health as necessary for the purposes of this section and section 18 of P.L.2015, c.125 (C.26:2H-149). L.2015, c.125, s.15.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-65 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-65
Findings, declarations relative to Rental Housing Incentive Guarantee Program
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature hereby finds and declares: a. The present depressed condition of the housing industry in this State is both an obstacle to economic recovery and a source of distress to those among our population for whom housing at affordable cost has become inadequate, insufficient or unavailable. b. By enactment of P.L.1992, c.114 (C.55:14K-45 et seq.) this Legislature recognized the severity of this problem and endeavored to provide a stimulus to the housing industry through a program of loans and loan guarantees for housing development, to be administered by the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA). c. The aforesaid enactment, however, is limited to the encouragement of housing that is to be developed for sale to individual home owners; whereas for the foreseeable future the most pressing need for housing will be among those lower-income groups for whom home ownership remains out of reach, and to whom it is essential that affordable rental housing of a decent standard of habitability be made available. d. The Assembly Task Force on HMFA Operations, which issued its general recommendations on January 27, 1993, recommended that additional resources be allocated towards significantly increasing rental housing production. e. The Assembly Housing Committee, in both the 1992-1993 and 1994-1995 legislative sessions, has provided forums on numerous occasions to the banking industry, HMFA, and builders of rental housing, which enabled these parties to formulate a plan to remove the barriers to the construction of affordable rental housing. f. It is, therefore, the intention of this act to make available, under administration of the HMFA, loan guarantees to developers of rental housing upon terms that include assurances of long-term affordability to low and moderate income renters of a significant proportion of the dwelling units thus developed. g. It is the further intention of this act to suggest that a portion of the funding provided to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) under the "Economic Recovery Act" P.L.1992, c.16 (C.34:1B-7.10 et al.), be directed to the development of affordable rental housing. L.1995,c.359,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-21 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-21
Findings, determinations relative to urban redevelopment
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and determines that: a. As one of the nation's most densely populated States and one of the earliest settled, New Jersey is beset by a host of urban problems attendant upon economic obsolescence, an aging infrastructure, long-term underinvestment and de-industrialization; b. Although the State Development and Redevelopment Plan has fostered a more coordinated and integrated State planning process and has placed renewed emphasis on urban revitalization goals, the realization of those revitalization goals still presents a critical challenge to the private sector and the myriad of governmental entities whose policies touch urban areas; c. The rapid pace of technological change with which the late twentieth century is associated, represented by the development and growth of the "information superhighway," and increasing world competition, spurred on by recent and ongoing international free trade agreements, threatens to further marginalize our already distressed and beleaguered urban centers; d. Environmentally compromised sites present a particular challenge to the State's urban centers, particularly those with major associated cleanup liability and, notwithstanding the impressive strides taken by this Legislature to address remediation issues, further remedies are necessary in order to imbue those sites with renewed economic potential; e. Given the number of years over which these problems have developed and in light of the enormity of the challenges which lay ahead, it is incumbent upon this Legislature to designate an entity that has as its primary focus the State's urban centers, and to provide that entity with resources to effectuate renewal in these urban areas; f. At present, a vast and complex network of State agencies and policies which should cooperate in the identification and resolution of urban problems too often work at cross-purposes and so it is vital that this new entity bring together those agencies whose policies are most strongly felt in urban areas in order to promote their economic and social viability in a coordinated fashion; g. There is a need for a redevelopment agency whose focus is developing and implementing strategic revitalization plans and neighborhood empowerment plans for urban neighborhoods to serve as the State's primary community development agency with particular focus on technical assistance, grants, low and no interest loans, loan guarantees, and capacity building for community development organizations; and h. This legislative initiative is intended to implement the urban redevelopment initiative concept and philosophy articulated by the sponsor which calls for the establishment of an independent entity which will allow for a coordinated approach to urban revitalization and succeed in achieving its goals where previous urban efforts have failed. L.1996,c.62,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-9 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-9
Effect of regulations; revision, repeal or amendment
Status: in_force

(a) Any regulations issued by the commissioner pursuant to sections 7 and 8 of this act shall have the force and effect of law until revised, repealed or amended by the commissioner as hereinafter provided. (b) The commissioner may, from time to time subsequent to the issuance and promulgation of regulations pursuant to sections 7 and 8 of this act, revise, repeal or amend any such regulation as he may deem necessary. No such regulation shall be revised, repealed or amended by the commissioner except pursuant to the provisions of section 8 of this act. L.1967, c. 76, s. 9, eff. May 31, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-99 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-99
Denial of rights, remedies to lienholder, mortgage holder
Status: in_force

22. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-78 et al.), a court may in its discretion deny a lienholder or mortgage holder of any or all rights or remedies afforded lienholders and mortgage holders under P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-78 et al.), if the court finds that the owner of a property subject to any of the provisions of P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-78 et al.) owns or controls more than a 50% interest in, or effective control of, the lienholder or mortgage holder or that the familial or business relationship between the lienholder or mortgage holder and the owner precludes a separate interest on the part of the lienholder or mortgage holder. L.2003,c.210,s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-96 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-96
Procedure for municipality to purchase, sell property
Status: in_force

19. a. Where the municipality seeks to gain title to the property, it shall purchase the property for fair market value on such terms as the court shall approve, and may place the proceeds of sale in escrow with the court. The court may authorize the municipality to sell the building free and clear of liens, claims and encumbrances, in which event all such liens, claims and encumbrances shall be transferred to the proceeds of sale with the same priority as existed prior to resale in accordance with the provisions of this section, except that municipal liens shall be paid at settlement. The proceeds of the purchase of the property shall be distributed as set forth in section 20 of P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-97). b. The municipality may seek approval of the court to sell the property to a third party when the court finds that such conveyance will further the effective and timely rehabilitation and reuse of the property. c. Upon approval by the court the municipality shall sell the property on such terms and at such price as the court shall approve, and may place the proceeds of sale in escrow with the court. The court shall order a distribution of the proceeds of sale after paying court costs in the order of priority set forth in section 20 of P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-97). L.2003,c.210,s.19.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-5.1
New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency to provide written notice of funding
Status: in_force

a. The executive director of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency shall provide written notice to a county or municipality, as appropriate, when any funding is provided to a local or regional housing authority, or to a redevelopment corporation, agency or authority, for the purpose of financing a housing development project within the county or municipality. Such notification shall be made within five calendar days of the decision to provide the funding. b. In the case of a county organized under the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-1 et seq.), written notice shall be provided to the county executive or other appropriate executive officer, and to the board of chosen freeholders. In all other counties, written notice shall be provided to the members of the board of chosen freeholders. In the case of a municipality other than a municipality organized under the council-manager plan pursuant to the "Optional Municipal Charter Law," P.L.1950, c.210 (C.40:69A-1 et seq.), written notice shall be provided to the mayor and to the members of the council. In the case of a municipality organized under the council-manager plan pursuant to the "Optional Municipal Charter Law," P.L.1950, c.210 (C.40:69A-1 et seq.), written notice shall be provided to the manager and to the members of the council. L.1990,c.90,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14G-17.2 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14G / Section 14G-17.2
"Emergency Housing Bonds" ; ordinance; provisions; interest; computation of net debt
Status: in_force

Bonds authorized or issued pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be known as "Emergency Housing Bonds," and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum (6%) per annum, payable semiannually. All such bonds shall be authorized by an ordinance which shall state the maximum amount of bonds to be issued, the maximum rate of interest to be borne by such bonds, a brief and general description of the emergency housing for the financing of which the bonds are to be issued, and a determination of the period of usefulness of such emergency housing within the limitations of sections 40:1-34 to 40:1-36 of the Revised Statutes, and such ordinance shall be passed and adopted by the board or body having charge of finances of the municipality in the manner or mode of procedure prescribed by the Local Bond Law, constituting sections 40:1-1 to 40:1-88 of the Revised Statutes, and said bonds shall be issued in the manner and mode of procedure prescribed by said law, except that (a) no supplemental debt statement need be filed and said bonds may be authorized and issued notwithstanding any debt or other limitation prescribed by said law, and (b) no down payment shall be required. Said bonds shall mature within the period of usefulness determined in the authorizing ordinance, in annual installments commencing not more than one year from the date of said bonds, and no annual installment shall exceed by more than fifty per centum (50%) the amount of the smallest prior installment of such issue; provided, however, that notwithstanding the determination of a lesser period of usefulness in the authorizing ordinance, said bonds may mature in not more than ten annual installments. The amount of such bonds shall be included in computing the net debt in any supplemental or annual debt statement thereafter made or filed in connection with subsequent borrowing for other purposes. Said bonds shall be general obligations of such municipality and a tax sufficient in amount to pay the principal of and interest on such bonds shall be levied and collected by such municipality in the year in which the same shall become due. The powers herein conferred shall be in addition to the powers conferred by any other laws and bonds may be issued hereunder for the purposes herein provided notwithstanding that other laws may provide for the issuance of bonds for like purposes. L.1950, c. 204, p. 448, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13B-8 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13B / Section 13B-8
Operator; residing in facility; acceptance of service; primary owner deemed operator if operator unavailable
Status: in_force

Each operator of a rooming or boarding house shall reside in the facility and shall be responsible for accepting service of any notices or orders issued by the commissioner pursuant to the provisions of this act. If an operator resigns, is dismissed or is otherwise unavailable to carry out his responsibilities, then the primary owner shall be deemed to be the operator of the facility until such time as the commissioner is notified of the appointment of a new operator, and shall have the same responsibilities and be subject to the same penalties otherwise prescribed for an operator under the provisions of this act. L.1979, c. 496, s. 8.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14G-31 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14G / Section 14G-31
Extension of temporary emergency housing contracts upon finding of need by municipal governing body; new contracts
Status: in_force

If, under the authority of the act hereby supplemented, the governing body of any municipality, by resolution, shall find that a need for temporary emergency housing continues in such municipality and shall certify therein that in the judgment of said governing body the existing temporary emergency housing in such municipality will be safe for occupancy for a further period of at least 1 year, and shall file a certified copy of such resolution with the administrator, any contract pertaining to such temporary emergency housing theretofore entered into by such municipality with the said administrator pursuant to said act shall thereupon be extended for the period provided in the resolution but not to exceed 1 year and shall continue in full force and effect during the period of the emergency as so extended by such resolution notwithstanding any terms or conditions of such contract and any provisions of said act to the contrary; provided, that, if the governing body of any municipality in which the maximum period of emergency provided in said act expired subsequent to February 15, 1954 and prior to the effective date of this supplement to said act, by resolution, shall find that a need for temporary emergency housing continues in such municipality and shall certify therein that in the judgment of said governing body the existing temporary emergency housing in such municipality will be safe for occupancy for a further period of at least 1 year, and shall file a certified copy of such resolution with the administrator, such municipality may enter into a contract pertaining to such temporary emergency housing with the said administrator for the period provided in the resolution but not to exceed 1 year, and any contract thereby entered into shall continue in full force and effect during the period of the emergency as so extended by such resolution notwithstanding any provisions of said act to the contrary; provided, further, that only 1 resolution of extension pursuant to this supplement to said act shall be adopted by any governing body. L.1954, c. 25, p. 86, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14L-1 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14L / Section 14L-1
Findings, declarations
Status: in_force

1. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Many adults living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or who have been diagnosed with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in New Jersey are currently homeless or at risk of homelessness. These persons would benefit greatly from a supportive housing program which coordinates community support services, including case management, counselling, assistance with tasks of daily living and medical treatment, while also providing shelter and services to their immediate families on a permanent basis; b. Many existing State programs do not have the resources necessary to provide a supportive housing program which accommodates the need for a continuum of care for persons living with HIV or AIDS and support for their immediate families; c. The inadequate supply of affordable supportive housing for persons living with HIV or AIDS results in excess health care costs, hinders the ability of service providers to deliver the most cost efficient services to such persons, and frequently leads to the premature placement of dependent children into the child welfare system; d. The Scattered Site AIDS Permanent Housing Program in the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency will be administered by the agency in cooperation with the New Jersey Department of Health, the New Jersey Department of Human Services, the AFL-CIO Housing Investment Trust, and the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide housing opportunities for persons with HIV or AIDS, and their families; and e. In order for these persons to continue to live independently, it is only fitting and proper that this program be established in law and be provided with the resources necessary to carry out its vital work. L.1995,c.75,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-35 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-35
Lawful investments in authority securities
Status: in_force

16. Any public or private agency, organization, corporation, or association which is not legally barred from investing in the bonds or stock of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency or any of its subsidiary corporations may lawfully invest in the corresponding securities of the authority and its subsidiaries. L.1996,c.62,s.16.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-55 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-55
Findings, etc. relative to housing for low and moderate income families
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds, determines and declares: a. Housing problems in this State have been, and continue to be, acute, especially in that adequate accommodations, at affordable cost, are increasingly unavailable to lower-income families, and prospective home buyers in all but the higher income categories are thwarted by the formidable costs of home acquisition. b. Accordingly, it is the purpose of this act to establish a program to aid nonprofit organizations in endeavors to develop home-ownership opportunities for lower-income purchasers who are prepared to invest their personal efforts in the construction or rehabilitation of their own housing units. L.1995,c.343,s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-72 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-72
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Senior and Disabled Cooperative Housing Finance Incentive Act." L.1998,c.128,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-7.13 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.13
Installation of window guards, maintenance, violations, penalties.
Status: in_force

2. a. (1) Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, the owner, lessor, agent or other person who manages or controls a multiple dwelling, other than a multiple dwelling which is part of a common interest community, shall, upon the written request of a tenant of a unit in which a child or children 10 years of age or under reside or will reside or are regularly present for a substantial period of time, provide, install and maintain approved child-protection window guards on the windows of the dwelling unit and on any windows in the public halls of a multiple dwelling in which any child or children of such age reside or are regularly present for a substantial period of time. (2) (a) Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, the owner, lessor, agent or other person who controls a unit of dwelling space in a multiple dwelling within a common interest community, upon the written request of a tenant of a unit in which a child or children 10 years of age or under reside or will reside or are regularly present for a substantial period of time, shall provide, install and maintain child-protection window guards on the windows of the unit. (b) The owner, lessor, agent or other person who controls a unit of dwelling space in a multiple dwelling within a common interest community shall provide written notice to the unit owners' association whenever a tenant of a unit, in which a child or children 10 years of age or under reside or will reside or are regularly present for a substantial period of time, has requested that child-protection window guards be installed on the windows in the common areas of the common interest community. (3) (a) Except as provided in subsection b. of this section, upon the written request of an owner or an occupant of a dwelling unit of a multiple dwelling within a common interest community, in which dwelling unit a child or children 10 years of age or under reside or will reside or are regularly present for a substantial period of time, the unit owners' association shall install and maintain child-protection window guards on the windows which are determined to be in common areas of the community property and maintained by the association. (b) A unit owners' association shall not adopt or seek to enforce any restrictions or architectural controls which would prohibit or impede the installation of a window guard in compliance with P.L.1995, c.120 (C.55:13A-7.12 et seq.). b. (1) The requirements of subsection a. of this section shall apply to all windows, except those windows which give access to a fire escape, which are not designed to open, or which are on the first floor; provided, however, that the requirements of subsection a. of this section shall apply to first floor windows in such circumstances as the commissioner may provide by rule. (2) The requirements of subsection a. of this section shall not apply to seasonal rental units. "Seasonal rental unit" means a dwelling unit rented for a term of not more than 125 consecutive days for residential purposes by a person having a permanent residence elsewhere, but shall not include use or rental of living quarters by migrant, temporary or seasonal workers in connection with any work or place where work is being performed. The owner, lessor, agent or other person who controls a dwelling unit shall have the burden of proving that the rental is seasonal. c. Any child-protection window guard installed pursuant to P.L.1995, c.120 (C.55:13A-7.12 et seq.) shall conform to the requirements of the State Uniform Construction Code with respect to means of emergency egress, and a window guard installed on an emergency egress window shall be releasable or removable from the inside without use of a key, tool or excessive force. Window guards installed on all other windows shall be designed, constructed, and installed so that they may not deliberately or through accident, ignorance or inadvertence, be removed, opened, or dislodged without the use of a key or tool. d. (1) Upon installation of a child-protection window guard in a dwelling unit, and annually thereafter, the owner, lessor, agent or other person who manages and controls that dwelling unit shall provide the tenant with an orientation concerning the safe use and manipulation of window guards in accordance with guidelines established by the Commissioner of Community Affairs pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1995, c.120 (C.55:13A-7.16). (2) Upon installation of a child-protection window guard in the common areas of a multiple dwelling, and annually thereafter, the owner, lessor, unit owners' association, agent or other person who manages and controls the common areas of the multiple dwelling shall provide the occupants of the multiple dwelling with an orientation concerning the safe use and manipulation of window guards in accordance with guidelines established by the Commissioner of Community Affairs pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1995, c.120 (C.55:13A-7.16). e. At least twice annually, the owner, lessor, unit owners' association, agent or other person who manages and controls a unit of dwelling space in a multiple dwelling, the common areas of the multiple dwelling, or both, in which child protection window guards have been installed, shall inspect each such window guard under their control to ensure that it remains sound and in conformance with the provisions of P.L.1995, c.120 (C.55:13A-7.12 et seq.), and shall enter a record of such inspection in a log, which shall be maintained as a permanent record so long as the window guard remains installed, and for five years thereafter, and which shall be available upon request to the department or its duly authorized representative. f. A tenant or unit owner may file a complaint with the commissioner for the failure to comply with the provisions of P.L.1995, c.120 (C.55:13A-7.12 et seq.). The commissioner shall investigate complaints within a reasonable time period. The commissioner may impose penalties authorized under the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law," P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.) for violations concerning the installation of child-protection window guards and may institute a criminal complaint for a repeat conviction after the imposition of a $5,000 civil penalty for a continuing violation pursuant to section 19 of P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-19). g. To the extent that a violation of P.L.1995, c.120 (C.55:13A-7.12 et seq.) has occurred within a rental unit in a common interest community, such violation shall be noticed to, and resultant penalties imposed upon, the unit owner of such rental unit and not the unit owners' association. h. To the extent that a violation of P.L.1995, c.120 (C.55:13A-7.12 et seq.) has occurred within the common areas of a common interest community, such violation shall be noticed to, and resultant penalties imposed upon, the unit owners' association. L.1995,c.120,s.2; amended 2006, c.55, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13B-17 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13B / Section 13B-17
Legislative findings and declarations
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the well-being of residents of rooming houses, boarding houses and residential health care facilities in the State of New Jersey requires a declaration of a bill of rights for such residents. L.1979, c. 500, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13C-2.7 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13C / Section 13C-2.7
Emergency shelter for the homeless serving female residents, feminine hygiene products, free of charge, subject to fund availability.
Status: in_force

3. Each emergency shelter for the homeless that serves female residents shall, subject to the availability of funds in the shelter's general budget, make feminine hygiene products, including, but not limited to, sanitary napkins, tampons, and panty liners, available free of charge to females residing in the emergency shelter for the homeless. A homeless shelter's obligation to satisfy the requirement of this section is contingent upon the availability of additional funds in the homeless shelter's budget that would permit the homeless shelter to both purchase feminine hygiene products as required by this section and continue its normal course of operations. L.2023, c.303, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-11 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-11
Self-dealing prohibition
Status: in_force

a. No director, officer, agent or employee of the corporation or of any of the corporation's subsidiaries shall take any official action on any matter in which he has a direct or indirect financial interest, except that the ownership of, or tenancy in, one's own private residence shall not be considered a financial interest for the purposes of this section. b. Any action taken or approval granted by the corporation or any of its subsidiaries in violation of this subsection is voidable. c. Any person who knowingly violates any provision of this section shall forfeit his office or employment and is guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. L. 1985, c. 227, s. 10A, eff. July 8, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-45 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-45
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Housing Incentive Finance Act." L.1992,c.114,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13C-1 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13C / Section 13C-1
Findings, determinations
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and determines: a. Recent high levels of unemployment and low levels of housing production, particularly of housing affordable to low income persons, have combined to increase the number of people lacking housing, beyond the capacity of existing facilities. b. There is an ever present need for the emergency shelter for victims of fire, natural disasters, domestic violence and other causes of homelessness. c. It is a matter of urgent public concern that safe and habitable shelter be available at all times to all residents of this State, and that governmental procedures be expedited if this shelter is to be provided. d. The Department of Community Affairs is the agency of State government responsible for enforcing the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L. 1975, c. 217 (C. 52:27D-119 et seq.), the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law," P.L. 1967, c. 76 (C. 55:13A-1 et seq.), and the "Rooming and Boarding House Act of 1979," P.L. 1979, c. 496 (C. 55:13B-1 et aL. ), and it, therefore, has the staff and the expertise needed to establish uniform regulations concerning emergency shelters for the homeless; and the Departments of Human Services and Health are required to work together with the Department of Community Affairs in the implementation of the "Rooming and Boarding House Act of 1979." L. 1985, c. 48, s. 1, eff. Feb. 13, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-108 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-108
Tax credit purchaser, contract, New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency.
Status: in_force

5. A purchaser that submits a successful bid for the purchase of tax credits pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2025, c.111 (C.55:14K-107) shall enter into a contract with the agency that includes payment information and the commitments made by the purchaser in its auction bid. A purchaser that submits a successful bid for the purchase of tax credits pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2025, c.111 (C.55:14K-107) shall pay by wire transfer the amount specified in its auction bid to the agency. Upon receipt thereof, the Executive Director of the agency shall notify the director to issue tax credits in the amount approved. Failure by the purchaser to pay the amount agreed upon on time shall disqualify the purchaser from purchasing the tax credits and the agency may reassign the right to purchase the credits to another bidder. Failure by the purchaser to adhere to the commitments made in its auction bid shall disqualify the purchaser from participating in future auctions and may result in the recapture of a portion of the tax credits. L.2025, c.111, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-7.19 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.19
Posting of emergency contact information, instructions on accessing comprehensive social services information in tenant-occupied multiple dwelling.
Status: in_force

1. a. The following information shall be posted in at least one conspicuous area, where the information is most likely to be viewed by tenants, of a tenant-occupied multiple dwelling and on the Internet website of any management company that manages a tenant-occupied multiple dwelling: (1) emergency contact instructions, and the name, address, and telephone number of an individual representative of the record owner or managing agent who may be reached or contacted at any time in the event of an emergency affecting the premises or any unit of dwelling space, in accordance with the landlord registration requirements set forth in subsection f. of section 2 of P.L.1974, c.50 (C.46:8-28); and (2) instructions on how to access and use the comprehensive social services information toll-free telephone hotline, established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1991, c.542 (C.30:1-1.1). b. The following information shall be contained in a printed notice, conspicuously set forth in prominent boldface type, in every lease offered to a tenant in a multiple dwelling: (1) the Internet website address of the management company that manages the multiple dwelling; and (2) instructions on how to access and use the comprehensive social services information toll-free telephone hotline, established pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1991, c.542 (C.30:1-1.1). c. The information provided to tenants in accordance with subsections a. and b. of this section shall be made available in English and Spanish. L.2021, c.269.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-13.2 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-13.2
Fee exemption
Status: in_force

No fee shall be charged for the inspection of any retreat lodging facility, as otherwise required pursuant to section 13 of P.L. 1967, c. 76 (C. 55:13A-13). L. 1987, c. 270, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13B-11.1 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13B / Section 13B-11.1
Criminal offenses
Status: in_force

The penalties contained in this section are in addition to any other penalties which may be imposed for a violation of P.L. 1979, c. 496 (C. 55:13B-1 et seq.). a. A person who knowingly owns or operates a boarding or rooming house without a valid license issued pursuant to section 7 of P.L. 1979, c. 496 (C. 55:13B-7) commits a disorderly persons offense. b. An owner or operator of a boarding or rooming house who knowingly fails to correct or abate any violation within the time period specified in a notice or report of violation or any order of the Commissioner of Community Affairs rendered as a result of an inspection conducted by the Department of Community Affairs or any duly authorized municipal or county inspector commits a disorderly persons offense. c. An owner or operator of a boarding or rooming house who knowingly fails to comply with an order of the commissioner issued after a finding of imminent hazard pursuant to section 11 of P.L. 1979, c. 496 (C. 55:13B-11) commits a crime of the fourth degree. d. Where a corporation is the owner or operator of a boarding or rooming house, the corporate officers, as well as the corporation, are liable for violations of subsections a., b. and c. of this section. e. It is no defense to a violation of this section that the owner or operator of the rooming or boarding house has not collected rent, or has been unable to collect rent, from the residents of the premises. L. 1985, c. 413, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-21 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-21
Resolutions of authorization for issuance of bonds; contents
Status: in_force

Any resolution or resolutions of the agency authorizing the issuance of bonds may contain provisions, except as expressly limited in this act and except as otherwise limited by existing agreements with the holders of the bonds, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders thereof, as to the following: a. The pledging of or creating of a lien on, as security for the payment of the principal and redemption price of and interest on any bonds of the agency, all or any part of its revenues or assets to which its right then exists or may thereafter come into existence, and the moneys derived therefrom, including the eligible loans made or purchased by the agency pursuant to this act and the revenues therefrom, the loans made to institutional lenders pursuant to this act and the revenues therefrom and the rights and interests of the agency in and to any collateral securing such loans and the collections and proceeds therefrom, the eligible loans purchased by the agency pursuant to this act and all payments on account of principal and interest with respect thereto, and all other premiums, fees and charges payable to the agency, all or any part of any money, funds or property held in trust or otherwise by others for the payment of any such mortgages, such loans to institutional lenders or such eligible loans, or any bonds of the agency, and all or any part of the proceeds of any bonds, and covenanting against pledging all or any part of such revenues, assets, moneys, funds or property, or against permitting or suffering any lien thereon; b. Otherwise providing for the custody, collection, securing investment and payment of any revenues, assets, moneys, funds or property of the agency or with respect to which the agency may have any rights or interest; c. The use and disposition of any and all payments of principal or interest received by the agency with respect to loans to institutional lenders or eligible loans or any income or proceeds from investments held by the agency or other income, revenues or receipts of the agency; d. The establishment of reserves or sinking funds, the making of charges and fees to provide for the same, and the regulation and disposition thereof; e. The custody, application and disposition of the proceeds of any bonds; f. The rank or priority of any such bonds with respect to any lien or security or as to the acceleration of the maturity of any such bonds; g. The creation of special funds or moneys to be held in trust or otherwise for operating expenses, payment or redemption of bonds, reserves against defaults or prepayments of eligible loans or loans to institutional lenders or for other purposes and as to the use and disposition of the moneys held in such funds; h. Limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds of sale of bonds may be applied and pledging such proceeds to secure the payment of the bonds; i. Limitations on the issuance of additional bonds, the terms upon which additional bonds may be issued and secured, the refunding or purchase of outstanding bonds of the agency; j. The procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract with the holders of any bonds of the agency may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given; k. The vesting in a trustee or trustees within or without the State of such property, rights, powers and duties in trust as the agency may determine, which may include any or all of the rights, powers and duties of any trustee appointed by the holders of any bonds pursuant to section 22 of this act and limiting or abrogating the right of the holders of any bonds of the agency to appoint a trustee under this act or limiting the rights, powers and duties of such trustee; l. Appointing and providing for the duties and obligations of a paying agent or paying agents or such other fiduciaries within or without the State; m. Provision for a trust agreement by and between the agency and a corporate trustee which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within the State, which agreement may provide for the pledging or assigning of any assets or income from assets to which or in which the agency has any rights or interest, and may further provide for such other rights and remedies exercisable by the trustee as may be proper for the protection of the holders of any bonds of the agency and not otherwise in violation of law, and the agreement may provide for the restriction of the rights of any individual holder of bonds of the agency. All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of the trust agreement may be treated as a part of the costs of operation of the agency. The trust agreement may contain any further provisions which are reasonable to delineate further the respective rights, duties, safeguards, responsibilities and liabilities of the agency, individual and collective holders of bonds of the agency, and the trustee; n. The custody of any of its properties or investments, the safekeeping thereof, the insurance to be carried thereon, and the use and disposition of insurance moneys; o. The time or manner of enforcement or restraint from enforcement of any rights of the agency arising by reason of or with respect to nonpayment of principal or interest with respect to mortgages or loans to institutional lenders or any rights to or security interest in the collateral securing such loans or arising with respect to the default with respect to any eligible loan; p. Defining the acts or omissions to act which shall constitute a default in the obligations and duties of the agency and providing for the rights and remedies of the holders of bonds in the event of such default; q. Covenants to do or refrain from doing such acts and things as may be necessary or convenient or desirable to better secure any bonds of the agency, or which, in the discretion of the agency, will tend to make any bonds to be issued more marketable, notwithstanding that such covenants, act or things may not be enumerated herein; and r. Any other matters of the like or different character, which in any way affect the security or protection of the bonds issued by the agency. L.1983, c. 530, s. 21, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13B-11.2 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13B / Section 13B-11.2
Each violation separate
Status: in_force

Where a notice, order or report served or issued pursuant to the provisions of P.L. 1979, c. 496 (C. 55:13B-1 et seq.) specifies several conditions in need of correction or abatement, failure to correct or abate each condition constitutes a separate offense under that act. L. 1985, c. 413, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-13 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-13
Employment tax credit
Status: in_force

Any person, firm or corporation actively engaged in the conduct of business at a location within a project, as defined in this act, which is subject to the provisions of the "Corporation Business Tax Act (1945)," P.L. 1945, c. 162 (C.54:10A-1 et seq.), and the business of which at that location consists primarily of manufacturing or other business that is not retail sales or warehousing oriented, shall, for a period of two years from the date upon which an agreement for the undertaking of the project was entered into pursuant to section 8 or 9 of this act, be entitled to an annual credit against the amount of tax imposed under that act of $1,500.00 for each new employee employed at that location who is a resident of the qualified municipality and who immediately prior to such employment was unemployed at least 90 days or was dependent upon public assistance as the primary source of income. A credit for which an employer taxpayer qualifies under this section shall be allowed in the tax year next following the tax year of qualification, and may be continued into a second tax year if such qualification continues, but it shall be allowed only for those new employees who were employed for at least six consecutive months by the employer taxpayer in the year of qualification. L. 1985, c. 227, s. 12, eff. July 8, 1985.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-79 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-79
Selection of projects; priority
Status: in_force

8. In selecting those eligible projects which shall receive loans from the fund, the agency shall accord priority to those projects for which: a. Private donors or local units of government will contribute land, money or other in-kind resources to make the program feasible; b. Financial or other contributions will be made from public or private sources, including tax abatements, waivers of fees relating to development or waivers of construction, development or zoning requirements, to the extent allowable by existing law, in order to reduce the cost of homes to be constructed, substantially rehabilitated, or retrofitted; c. Use of the loans will be efficient, as measured by the number of dwelling units produced in proportion to the amount of all loans, having due regard to the difference of construction costs in different housing regions and to the relative costs of different family size units; d. Construction costs per square foot compare favorably with average construction costs in the same housing region; e. The project will contribute significantly to the rehabilitation of or removal or prevention of blight in the area in which it is located, in the judgment of the agency, regardless of whether the area has been formally designated, in accordance with statutory procedures, as blighted or in need of rehabilitation; f. The design of the project encourages the development of housing units which are suitable for and attractive and accessible to senior households and households of persons with disability; and g. The qualified housing sponsor will work with residents to both seek out and coordinate health care and social work services in order to make them available to the resident population. L.1998,c.128,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-16 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-16
Boarding house rental assistance fund annual report
Status: in_force

On or before December 1 of each year, the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs shall submit to the Governor and the State Treasurer a Boarding House Rental Assistance Fund Annual Report which shall include the following: (i) a summary of the activities and transactions of the Boarding House Rental Assistance Fund during the preceding fiscal year; (ii) an estimate of the amount of rental charges which will be made during the ensuing 12 months by the residents of boarding houses on account of the debt service (including fees and charges payable to the agency) on life safety improvement loans made by the agency to finance the construction, acquisition or rendering of life safety improvements at or to the boarding houses, together with a brief description of each of the boarding house's life safety improvement loans and life safety improvements and a summary of various characteristics of the residents of the boarding houses, including their ages, disabilities, if any, and income levels; (iii) a statement as to the maximum amount of debt service payable in any one year on all outstanding obligations of the agency issued with respect to life safety improvement loans; and (iv) an estimate of, and request for, the amount of money in addition to the then current balance of the Boarding House Rental Assistance Fund which will be needed in the ensuing fiscal year to meet the disbursements from the fund which the commissioner anticipates will be made in furtherance of the purposes of the fund and in satisfaction of the commissioner's obligations under rental assistance agreements. L.1983, c. 530, s. 16, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 55:17-2 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-2
Records by holder of mortgage loan
Status: in_force

In the event of any default or foreclosure in respect to a project coming within this act, the holder of the mortgage loan shall establish a set of records, separate and distinct from those pertaining to its usual business or operations, to reflect with reasonable accuracy the appropriate debits and credits applicable to the project, from which all necessary and proper calculations can be made to continue to carry out the terms and provisions of the lease or financial arrangement, or both, as directed by this act. Such records shall be established and maintained in accordance with recognized accounting practices, to be certified to by independent certified public accountants, in order to assure the governmental body or agency involved that the terms and conditions of the lease or financial arrangement will continue to be applied according to their intent. L.1967, c. 304, s. 2, eff. Feb. 15, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-13a — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-13a
Conduct of inspections
Status: in_force

a. Any inspection required under P.L. 1967, c. 76 (C. 55:13A-1 et seq.) shall be conducted by the commissioner except as provided in subsection b. of this section or where a municipality has a cooperative arrangement, with the bureau to perform these inspections in which case the inspection shall be conducted by the municipality; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall preclude the bureau from conducting inspections in any municipality for the purpose of monitoring or auditing the performance of local agencies, as provided hereinafter, or inspectors, or for the purpose of dealing with imminent hazards. b. In any municipality which maintains a permanent local agency for the purpose of conducting inspections and enforcing laws, ordinances and regulations concerning buildings and structures within the municipality, and such agency is supervised by, and has all hotel and multiple dwelling inspections performed by persons licensed by, the commissioner under this act, the municipal governing body may by ordinance designate that agency to conduct the inspections and enforce the regulations prescribed by or pursuant to P.L. 1967, c. 76 (C. 55:13A-1 et seq.). Where an ordinance is in effect all inspections required pursuant to P.L. 1967, c. 76 within the territorial limits of the municipality shall be conducted by the agency so designated, subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner; and all applications otherwise directed by law to be filed with the commissioner, and all fees and penalties otherwise to be imposed or collected by the commissioner, shall in such a municipality be filed with, or imposed or collected by, the local agency designated by ordinance pursuant to this subsection; provided, that in no case shall the local agency collect or impose a penalty in excess of the minimum amount which the commissioner is authorized by law to collect or impose for the same violation, or to assess a continuing penalty, without the written prior approval of the bureau. The commissioner shall have the power to order corrective action as may be necessary where a local agency is found to be failing to carry out its responsibilities under this act and to suspend the authority of the local agency under this subsection where the local agency repeatedly or habitually fails to enforce the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law," P.L. 1967, c. 76 (C. 55:13A-1 et seq.) and the regulations adopted pursuant thereto. c. Any person affected by the determinations made pursuant to any inspection conducted under P.L. 1967, c. 76 (C. 55:13A-1 et seq.) may appeal those determinations to the Office of Administrative Law with the final decision to be issued by the commissioner; provided, however, that the cost of any such hearing to the department shall be borne by the local agency in any case where the inspection fee is required to be paid to a local agency or in which the notice, order or decision being contested was issued by a local agency. L. 1987, c. 30, s. 3.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14A-39.1 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14A / Section 14A-39.1
Not to be subject to any discrimination.
Status: in_force

1. For all of the purposes of the act to which this act is a supplement, no person shall because of race, religious principles, color, national origin or ancestry be subject to any discrimination.
L.1950, c.105, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-4 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-4
New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency.
Status: in_force

4. a. The New Jersey Housing Finance Agency, created by section 4 of P.L.1967, c.81 (C.55:14J-4) and the New Jersey Mortgage Finance Agency created by section 4 of P.L.1970, c.38 (C.17:1B-7) are hereby consolidated into a single agency which shall be known as the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, which shall be a continuance of the corporate existence of those agencies. b. In this section, the words "original agencies" refer to the agencies which are consolidated pursuant to subsection a. of this section before their consolidation, and the word "agency" refers to the single agency resulting from that consolidation. c. All property, rights and powers of each of the original agencies are hereby vested in and shall be exercised by the agency, subject, however, to all pledges, covenants, agreements and trusts made or created by the original agencies, respectively. d. All debts, liabilities, obligations, agreements and covenants of the original agencies are hereby imposed upon the agency. Any property of the original agencies in which a mortgage or security interest has been granted to any bondholders or other creditors of either of the original agencies shall continue to be subject to that mortgage or security interest until the mortgage or security interest is defeased or terminated in accordance with its terms. All bondholders and other creditors of the original agencies and persons having claims against or contracts with the original agencies of any kind or character may enforce those debts, claims and contracts against the agency in the same manner as they might have against the original agencies respectively, and the rights and remedies of those bondholders, creditors and persons having claims or contracts shall not be limited or restricted in any manner by this act. e. In continuing the functions and carrying out the contracts, obligations and duties of the original agencies, the agency is hereby authorized to act in its own name or in the name of either of the original agencies as may be convenient or advisable. f. Any references to either of the original agencies in any other law or regulation shall be deemed to refer to and apply to the agency. g. All regulations of the original agencies shall continue to be in effect as the regulations of the agency until amended, supplemented or rescinded by the agency in accordance with law. h. All employees of the original agencies shall become employees of the agency. Nothing in this title shall affect the civil service status, if any, of those employees or their rights, privileges, obligations or status with respect to any pension or retirement system. i. The agency is hereby established in, but not of, the Department of Community Affairs and constituted a body politic and corporate and an instrumentality exercising public and essential governmental functions, and the exercise by the agency of the powers conferred by this act shall be deemed and held to be an essential governmental function of the State. j. The agency shall consist of nine members as follows: the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs, the State Treasurer, the Attorney General, the Commissioner of Human Services and the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance, who shall be members ex officio, and four members appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate for terms of three years. The four members appointed by the Governor shall be residents of the State and shall have knowledge in the areas of housing design, construction or operation; finance; urban redevelopment; or community relations. The members first appointed by the Governor shall serve for terms of one year, two years and three years respectively. Each member shall hold office for the term of his appointment and until his successor shall have been appointed and qualified. A member of the agency shall be eligible for reappointment. k. Each ex officio member of the agency may designate an officer or employee of his department or agency to represent him at meetings of the agency, and each designee may lawfully vote and otherwise act on behalf of the member for whom he constitutes the designee. Any designation shall be in writing, delivered to the agency and shall continue in effect until revoked or amended by writing, delivered to the agency. l. Each member of the agency may be removed from office by the Governor, for cause, after a public hearing and may be suspended by the Governor pending the completion of such a hearing. Each member of the agency before entering upon his duties shall take and subscribe an oath to perform the duties of the office faithfully, impartially and justly to the best of his ability. A record of these oaths shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. m. Any vacancies in the membership of the agency occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, but for the unexpired term only. n. The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs shall be the chairman of the agency and the members shall elect one of their number as vice-chairman thereof. The agency shall elect a secretary and a treasurer who need not be members; but the same person may be elected to serve both as secretary and treasurer. The powers of the agency shall be vested in the members thereof in office from time to time and five members (which shall include at least two ex officio members) of the agency shall constitute a quorum at any meeting thereof. Action may be taken and motions and resolutions adopted by the agency at any meeting thereof by the affirmative vote of at least five members of the agency, which shall include at least two ex officio members. No vacancy in the membership of the agency shall impair the right of a quorum to exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the agency. o. A true copy of the minutes of every meeting of the agency shall be forthwith delivered by and under the certification of the secretary thereof to the Governor. No action taken at such meeting by the agency shall have force or effect until 10 days, Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays excepted, after such copy of the minutes shall have been so delivered unless during such 10-day period the Governor shall approve the same in which case such action shall become effective upon such approval. If, in said 10-day period, the Governor returns such copy of the minutes with veto of any action taken by the agency or any member thereof at such meeting, such action shall be null and void and of no effect. The Governor may approve all or part of the action taken at such meeting prior to the expiration of the said 10-day period. p. The members of the agency shall serve without compensation, but the agency shall reimburse its members for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties. q. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no officer or employee of the State shall be deemed to have forfeited or shall forfeit his office or employment or any benefits or emoluments thereof by reason of acceptance of the office of member of the agency or his services in such office. r. The agency may be dissolved by act of the Legislature on condition that the agency has no debts or obligations outstanding or provision has been made for the payment or retirement of its debts or obligations. Upon dissolution of the agency all property, funds and assets thereof shall be vested in the State. L.1983,c.530,s.4; amended 1999, c.388.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14G-34 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14G / Section 14G-34
Effective date; duration of act
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect immediately and shall continue in full force and effect so long as any of the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement, continues in force and effect. L.1954, c. 206, p. 766, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-56 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-56
Definitions
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: "Affordable Home Ownership Opportunities Bonds" means any bonds of the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency that provide funds to facilitate the provisions of this act. "Agency" means the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency. "Annual income" means total income, from all sources, during the last full calendar year preceding the filing of an application for a loan pursuant to this act. "Bonds" means bonds, notes or any other form of evidence of indebtedness of the agency, bearing either a fixed rate or a variable rate of interest, issued by the agency. "Eligible project" means a project for the creation of low- or moderate-income housing which meets the standards of eligibility for loans under the program created by this act. "Eligible purchaser" means a purchaser of a dwelling unit in an eligible project to whom a loan may be made under the program pursuant to section 5 of this act. "Fund" means the Affordable Home Ownership Opportunities Fund established by section 5 of this act. "Housing region" means a housing region as defined in subsection b. of section 4 of the "Fair Housing Act," P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-304) and determined pursuant to subsection b. of section 6 of P.L.2024, c.2 (C.52:27D-304.2). "Local enforcement authority" means any officer or agency of local government responsible for the implementation or enforcement of land-use and building regulations established by or pursuant to the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 et seq.) or the "Municipal Land Use Law," P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.). "Low income" means a gross annual household income equal to 50% or less of the median gross annual household income for households of the same size within the relevant housing region. "Moderate income" means a gross annual household income equal to not more than 80%, but more than 50% of the median gross annual household income for households of the same size within the relevant housing region. "Program" means the Affordable Home Ownership Opportunities Program created by this act. "Qualified nonprofit organization" means any corporation or association of persons organized under Title 15A of the New Jersey Statutes, having for its principal purpose, or as a purpose ancillary to its principal purpose, the improvement of realistic opportunities for low income and moderate income housing, as defined pursuant to the "Fair Housing Act," P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-301 et al.), being within the description of section 501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3)), having been determined by the agency to be a bona fide organization not under the effective control of any for-profit organization or governmental entity, and appearing capable, by virtue of past activities, qualifications of staff or board, or other features, of furthering the purposes of this act. "Substantial rehabilitation" means repair, reconstruction or renovation which (1) costs in excess of 60% of the fair market value of a rehabilitated dwelling after such repair, reconstruction or renovation, or (2) renders a previously vacant and uninhabitable dwelling safe, sanitary and decent for residential purposes, or (3) converts to safe, sanitary and decent residential use a structure previously in non-residential use. L.1995,c.343,s.3; amended 2024, c.2, s.33.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13B-18 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13B / Section 13B-18
Boarding facility defined
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this act, "boarding facility" means rooming house, boarding house or residential health care facility. L.1979, c. 500, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-7.2 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.2
No code or standard to exceed standards under "State Uniform Construction Code Act"
Status: in_force

Nothing in this supplemental act shall permit the adoption of any code or standard which exceeds the standards adopted under the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," (P.L.1975, c. 217; C. 52:27D-119 et seq.). L.1979, c. 419, s. 2, eff. Feb. 8, 1980.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14L-4 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14L / Section 14L-4
"Supportive Housing Fund" established
Status: in_force

4. There is established within the agency a "Supportive Housing Fund," which shall be a nonlapsing, revolving fund and which shall be the repository for funds appropriated or otherwise made available for the purposes of this act, and any interest earned thereon. The fund shall be administered by the agency, in accordance with its authority under section 5 of P.L.1983, c.530 (C.55:14K-5) to manage funds for housing programs. L.1995,c.75,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-80 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-80
Definitions relative to abandoned property.
Status: in_force

3. As used in sections 1 through 25 of P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-78 through C.55:19-102) and section 3 of P.L.2006, c.24 (C.55:19-107): "Department" means the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs. "Lienholder" or "mortgage holder" means any person or entity holding a note, mortgage or other interest secured by the building or any part thereof. "Municipality" means any city, borough, town, township or village situated within the boundaries of this State and shall include a qualified rehabilitation entity that may be designated by the municipality pursuant to section 13 of P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-90) to act as its agent to exercise any of the municipality's rights pursuant thereto. "Owner" means the holder or holders of title to an abandoned property. "Property" means any building or structure and the land appurtenant thereto. "Public officer" means the person designated by the municipality pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1942, c.112 (C.40:48-2.5) or any officer of the municipality qualified to carry out the responsibilities set forth in P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-78 et al.) and designated by resolution of the governing body of the municipality, except that in municipalities organized under the "mayor-council plan" of the Optional Municipal Charter Law, P.L.1950, c.210 (C.40:69A-1 et seq.), the public officer shall be designated by the mayor. "Qualified rehabilitation entity" means an entity organized or authorized to do business under the New Jersey statutes which shall have as one of its purposes the construction or rehabilitation of residential or non-residential buildings, the provision of affordable housing, the restoration of abandoned property, the revitalization and improvement of urban neighborhoods, or similar purpose, and which shall be well qualified by virtue of its staff, professional consultants, financial resources, and prior activities set forth in P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-78 et al.) to carry out the rehabilitation of vacant buildings in urban areas. "Utility" means any electric or natural gas public utility that is regulated under the jurisdiction of the Board of Public Utilities. L.2003,c.210,s.3; amended 2005, c.118, s.12; 2006, c.24, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-90 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-90
Municipality, option of designating qualified rehabilitation entity
Status: in_force

13. A municipality may exercise its rights under P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-78 et al.) directly, or may designate a qualified rehabilitation entity to act as its designee for the purpose of exercising the municipality's rights where that designation will further the rehabilitation and reuse of the property consistent with municipal plans and objectives. This designation shall be made by resolution of the municipal governing body, except that in municipalities organized under the "mayor-council plan" of the "Optional Municipal Charter Law," P.L.1950, c.210 (C.40:69A-1 et seq.), it shall be made by the mayor. The governing body or mayor, as the case may be, may delegate this authority to the public officer. Regardless of whether a municipality exercises its rights directly or designates a qualified rehabilitation entity pursuant to this section, while in possession of a property pursuant to P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-78 et al.), a municipality shall maintain, safeguard, and maintain insurance on the property. Notwithstanding the municipality's possession of the property, nothing in P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-78 et al.) shall be deemed to relieve the owner of the property of any civil or criminal liability or any duty imposed by reason of acts or omissions of the owner. L.2003,c.210,s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-50 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-50
Moneys transferred to the fund; functions, employees, property transferred to the authority
Status: in_force

31. a. All sums appropriated, transferred or otherwise available to the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority from any source, are transferred to the New Jersey Redevelopment Investment Fund to carry out the purposes of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-20 et al.). b. All of the functions, powers and duties of the New Jersey Urban Development Corporation are hereby transferred to and vested in the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority. c. At the discretion of the board of the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority, all employees employed by the New Jersey Urban Development Corporation as of the effective date of this act may serve the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority. d. All records, property, outstanding loans, loan guarantees and other obligations of the New Jersey Urban Development Corporation shall be transferred to, and assumed by, the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority. L.1996,c.62,s.31.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-54 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-54
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Affordable Home Ownership Opportunities Act of 1995." L.1995,c.343,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-7 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

7. The commissioner shall issue and promulgate, in the manner specified in section 8 of P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-8), such regulations as the commissioner may deem necessary to assure that any hotel or multiple dwelling will be maintained in such manner as is consistent with, and will protect, the health, safety and welfare of the occupants or intended occupants thereof, or of the public generally. Any such regulations issued and promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to this section shall provide standards and specifications for such maintenance materials, methods and techniques, fire warning and extinguisher systems, elevator systems, emergency egresses, and such other protective equipment as the commissioner shall deem reasonably necessary to the health, safety and welfare of the occupants or intended occupants of any units of dwelling space in any hotel or multiple dwelling, including but not limited to: (a) Structural adequacy ratings; (b) Methods of egress, including fire escapes, outside fireproof stairways, independent stairways, and handrails, railings, brackets, braces and landing platforms thereon, additional stairways, and treads, winders, and risers thereof, entrances and ramps; (c) Bulkheads and scuttles, partitions, walls, ceilings and floors; (d) Garbage and refuse collection and disposal, cleaning and janitorial services, repairs, and extermination services; (e) Electrical wiring and outlets, and paints and the composition thereof; (f) Doors, and the manner of opening thereof; (g) Transoms, windows, shafts and beams; (h) Chimneys, flues and central heating units; (i) Roofing and siding materials; (j) Lots, yards, courts and garages, including the size and location thereof; (k) Intakes, open ducts, offsets and recesses; (l) Windows, including the size and height thereof; (m) Rooms, including the area and height thereof, and the permissible number of occupants thereof; (n) Stairwells, skylights and alcoves; (o) Public halls, including the lighting and ventilation thereof; (p) Accessory passages to rooms; (q) Cellars, drainage and air space; (r) Water-closets, bathrooms and sinks; (s) Water connections, including the provision of drinking and hot and cold running water; (t) Sewer connections, privies, cesspools, and private sewers; (u) Rain water and drainage conductors; (v) Entrances and ramps; and (w) Presence of lead-based paint hazards in multiple dwellings and in single-family and two-family dwellings, exclusive of owner-occupied dwelling units, subject to P.L.2003, c.311 (C.52:27D-437.1 et al.). In a common interest community, any inspection fee for and violation found within a unit which is solely related to this subsection shall be the responsibility of the unit owner and not the homeowners' association, unless the association is the owner of the unit. L.1967, c.76, s.7; amended 2003, c.311, s.19; 2007, c.251, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-33 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-33
Power of authority to covenant, agree with bondholders
Status: in_force

14. In order to secure the payment of such bonds and in addition to its other powers, the authority shall have power by resolution to covenant and agree with the several holders of such bonds, as to: a. the custody, security, use, expenditure or application of the proceeds of the bonds; b. the use, regulation, operation, maintenance, insurance or disposition of all or any part of any project or projects; c. payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds, or any other obligations, and the sources and methods thereof, the rank or priority of any such bonds or obligations as to any lien or security, or the acceleration of the maturity of any such bonds or obligations; d. the use and disposition of any moneys of the authority, including all revenues or other moneys derived or to be derived from any project or projects; e. pledging, setting aside, depositing or trusteeing all or any part of the revenues or other moneys of the authority to secure the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds or any other obligations and the powers and duties of any trustee with regard thereto; f. the setting aside out of the revenues or other moneys of the authority of reserves and sinking funds, and the source, custody, security, regulation, application and disposition thereof; g. the rents, fees or other charges for the use of any project or projects, including any parts thereof theretofore constructed or acquired and any parts, replacements or improvements thereof thereafter constructed or acquired, and the fixing, establishment, collection and enforcement of the same; h. limitation on the issuance of additional bonds or any other obligations or on the incurrence of indebtedness of the authority; i. vesting in a trustee or trustees, fiscal or escrow agent or agents within or without the State such property, rights, powers and duties in trust as the authority may determine and limiting the rights, duties and powers of such trustee or agent; j. payment of costs or expenses incident to the enforcement of the bonds or of the provisions of the resolution or of any covenant or contract with the holders of the bonds; k. the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any covenant or contract with, or duty to, the holders of bonds may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given or evidenced; or l. any other matter or course of conduct which, by recital in the resolution, is declared to further secure the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds. All such provisions of the resolution and all such covenants and agreements shall constitute valid and legally-binding contracts between the authority and the several holders of the bonds, regardless of the time of issuance of such bonds, and shall be enforceable by any such holder or holders by appropriate action, suit or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction, or by proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ. L.1996,c.62,s.14.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-81 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-81
Determination that property is abandoned.
Status: in_force

4. Except as provided in section 6 of P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-83), any property that has not been legally occupied for a period of six months and which meets any one of the following additional criteria may be deemed to be abandoned property upon a determination by the public officer that: a. The property is in need of rehabilitation in the reasonable judgment of the public officer, and no rehabilitation has taken place during that six-month period; b. Construction was initiated on the property and was discontinued prior to completion, leaving the building unsuitable for occupancy, and no construction has taken place for at least six months as of the date of a determination by the public officer pursuant to this section; c. At least one installment of property tax remains unpaid and delinquent on that property in accordance with chapter 4 of Title 54 of the Revised Statutes as of the date of a determination by the public officer pursuant to this section; or d. The property has been determined to be a nuisance by the public officer in accordance with section 5 of P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-82). A property which contains both residential and non-residential space may be considered abandoned pursuant to P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-78 et al.) so long as two-thirds or more of the total net square footage of the building was previously legally occupied as residential space and none of the residential space has been legally occupied for at least six months at the time of the determination of abandonment by the public officer and the property meets the criteria of either subsection a. or subsection d. of this section. L.2003,c.210,s.4; amended 2005,c.118,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-19 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-19
Violations, penalties.
Status: in_force

19. (a) No person shall (1) Obstruct, hinder, delay or interfere with, by force or otherwise, the commissioner in the exercise of any power or the discharge of any function or duty under the provisions of P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.); or (2) Prepare, utter or render any false statement, report, document, plans or specifications permitted or required to be prepared, uttered or rendered under the provisions of P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.); or (3) Render ineffective or inoperative any protective equipment installed, or intended to be installed, in any hotel or multiple dwelling; or (4) Refuse or fail to comply with any lawful ruling, action, order or notice of the commissioner; or (5) Violate, or cause to be violated, any of the provisions of P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.). (b) Any person who violates, or causes to be violated, any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $50.00 nor more than $500.00 for each violation, and a penalty of not less than $500.00 nor more than $5,000.00 for each continuing violation. Penalties imposed for violations relating to child-protection window guards pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1995, c.120 (C.55:13A-7.12 et seq.) shall be no less than $100 for each window or incident. Whenever a violator is convicted of knowingly continuing to violate a provision of P.L.1995, c.120 (C.55:13A-7.12 et seq.) relating to child-protection window guards after the imposition of a penalty of $5,000 pursuant to this section, the violator shall be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree. Where any violation of subsection (a) of this section is of a continuing nature, each day during which such continuing violation remains unabated after the date fixed by the commissioner in any order or notice for the correction or termination of such continuing violation, shall constitute an additional, separate and distinct violation, except during the time an appeal from said order may be taken or is pending. The commissioner, in the exercise of his administrative authority pursuant to this act, may levy and collect penalties in the amounts set forth in this section. Where the administrative penalty order has not been satisfied within 30 days of its issuance the penalty may be sued for, and recovered by and in the name of the commissioner in a civil action by a summary proceeding under "The Penalty Enforcement Law of 1999," P.L.1999, c.274 (C.2A:58-10 et seq.) in the Superior Court. (c) Any person shall be deemed to have violated, or to have caused to be violated, any provision of subsection (a) of this section whenever any officer, agent or employee thereof, under the control of and with the knowledge of said person shall have violated or caused to be violated any of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. (d) The commissioner may cancel and revoke any permit, approval or certificate required or permitted to be granted or issued to any person pursuant to the provisions of this act if the commissioner shall find that any such person has violated, or caused to be violated, any of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section. (e) Any penalties collected pursuant to this section levied as the result of a violation of subsection (w) of section 7 of P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-7) and which occurred pursuant to inspection for lead-based paint hazards shall be deposited in the Lead Hazard Control Assistance fund established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2003, c.311 (C.52:27D-437.4). Penalties levied as the result of multiple violations shall be allocated to the Lead Hazard Control Assistance fund in such proportion as the commissioner shall prescribe. L.1967,c.76,s.19; amended 1970, c.138, s.11; 2003, c.311, s.20; 2006, c.55, s.6.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-63 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-63
Duties of Office of Neighborhood Empowerment
Status: in_force

48. The Office of Neighborhood Empowerment shall: a. Provide support for a community director who shall assist local sponsors in developing or implementing neighborhood empowerment plans; b. Provide case management services to qualified local sponsors of neighborhood empowerment plans; c. Assist neighborhoods in developing and implementing neighborhood empowerment plans; d. Ensure that communities receive technical assistance in neighborhood planning; e. Train and provide administrative support for interagency teams; f. Assist local sponsors in evaluating progress through mutually agreed upon measures; g. Provide assistance in obtaining private sector support for developing and implementing neighborhood empowerment plans; h. Maintain and make available a complete inventory of State programs, services and funding that are available to municipalities; and i. Enter into partnerships with qualified local sponsors. L.1996,c.62,s.48.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-17 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-17
Order to vacate; reinspection; hearing; injunctive relief
Status: in_force

(a) If upon any inspection of any hotel or multiple dwelling the commissioner shall discover any violation of the provisions of this act or any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, which constitutes an imminent hazard to the health, safety or welfare of the occupants or intended occupants thereof, or of the public generally, the commissioner may issue and cause to be served on the owner thereof a written order directing: (1) that any such hotel or multiple dwelling be vacated forthwith or, (2) that the violation be corrected within the period specified in the order. Such written order shall state the nature of any such violation and the date and hour by which: (1) any such hotel or multiple dwelling must be vacated or (2) any such violation must be abated. (b) Upon the receipt by the commissioner of written notice from the owner of any hotel or multiple dwelling vacated or ordered to be vacated stating that any such violation has been terminated, the commissioner shall reinspect said hotel or multiple dwelling within 1 working day of the receipt of said notice. If upon any such reinspection the commissioner shall determine that any such violation has been terminated, the commissioner shall rescind any order requiring the vacation of said hotel or multiple dwelling, and occupancy thereof may be resumed forthwith; provided, that if any such reinspection is not made by the commissioner within 1 working day of the receipt of said notice, occupancy of any such hotel or multiple dwelling may be resumed forthwith. (c) Where the owner of any hotel or multiple dwelling denies that any violation justifying an order to vacate exists, said owner may apply to the commissioner for a reconsideration hearing, which hearing must be afforded and a decision rendered by the commissioner within 48 hours of the receipt by the commissioner of the application for said hearing. If the commissioner shall decide adversely to said owner, said owner may petition the Superior Court of this State for injunctive relief against any order of the commissioner directing that any such hotel or multiple dwelling be vacated forthwith. Such relief may be sought by an order to show cause and may be granted ex parte pending a hearing de novo; provided, that the only issue to be determined in the hearing de novo shall be the existence of any violation of the provisions of this act, or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, which constitutes an imminent hazard to the health, safety or welfare of the occupants or intended occupants of any such hotel or multiple dwelling, or to the public generally. (d) Where the owner of any hotel or multiple dwelling denies that any violation justifying an order to abate within a specific period exists, said owner may seek injunctive relief by an order to show cause and said relief may be granted ex parte pending a hearing de novo provided, that the only issue to be determined in the hearing de novo shall be the existence of any violation of the provisions of this act, or rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, which constitutes a hazard to the health, safety or welfare of the occupants or intended occupants of any such hotel or multiple dwelling, or to the public generally. L.1967, c. 76, s. 17, eff. May 31, 1967. Amended by L.1970, c. 138, s. 9.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-70 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-70
Eligibility for investments from New Jersey Redevelopment Investment Fund
Status: in_force

55. a. Any municipality in which an empowerment neighborhood has been designated shall be eligible for investments by the authority from the New Jersey Redevelopment Investment Fund in infrastructure improvements and any other projects which the authority may choose to invest in. b. State programs shall give consideration to projects included in neighborhood empowerment plans developed pursuant to section 49 of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-64), or community development plans, as far as practicable. L.1996,c.62,s.55.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-85 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-85
Complaint, content
Status: in_force

8. A complaint filed pursuant to section 7 of P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-84) shall include: a. documentation that the property is on the municipal abandoned property list or a certification by the public officer that the property is abandoned; and b. a statement by an individual holding appropriate professional qualifications that there are sound reasons that the building should be rehabilitated rather than demolished based upon the physical, aesthetic or historical character of the building or the relationship of the building to other buildings and lands within its immediate vicinity. L.2003,c.210,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14L-3 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14L / Section 14L-3
"Scattered Site AIDS Permanent Housing Program" established
Status: in_force

3. There is established within the agency the "Scattered Site AIDS Permanent Housing Program," a program to provide supportive housing to participants and their immediate families. L.1995,c.75,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-83 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-83
Property not to be placed on abandoned property list; conditions.
Status: in_force

6. a. If an entity other than the municipality has purchased or taken assignment from the municipality of a tax sale certificate on a property that has not been legally occupied for a period of six months, that property shall not be placed on the abandoned property list pursuant to section 36 of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-55) if (1) the owner of the certificate has continued to pay all municipal taxes and liens on the property in the tax year when due; and (2) the owner of the certificate takes action to initiate foreclosure proceedings within six months after the property is eligible for foreclosure pursuant to either subsection a. or subsection b. of R.S.54:5-86, as appropriate, and diligently pursues foreclosure proceedings in a timely fashion thereafter. b. A property which is used on a seasonal basis shall be deemed to be abandoned only if the property meets any two of the additional criteria set forth in section 4 of P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-81). c. A determination that a property is abandoned property under the provisions of P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-78 et al.) shall not constitute a finding that the use of the property has been abandoned for purposes of municipal zoning or land use regulation. d. Upon the request of a purchaser or assignee of a tax sale certificate seeking to bar the right of redemption on an abandoned property pursuant to subsection b. of R.S.54:5-86, the public officer or the tax collector shall, in a timely fashion, provide the requester with a certification that the property fulfills the definition of abandoned according to the criteria set forth in sections 4 and 5 of P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-81 and C.55:19-82). L.2003,c.210,s.6; amended 2005, c.118, s.4
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-16 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-16
Violations; order to terminate; injunctive relief
Status: in_force

(a) If the commissioner shall discover any violation of the provisions of this act or any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder upon any inspection of any hotel or multiple dwelling, then the commissioner shall issue and cause to be served on the owner thereof a written order requiring said owner to terminate, or cause to be terminated, any such violation. Such written order shall state the nature of any such violation and a reasonable specified time within which any such violation must be terminated. Such written order shall also require and direct the owner to whom it is issued to take, or cause to be taken, such affirmative action as may be necessary to correct any such violation. (b) The commissioner may petition the Superior Court of this State for mandatory injunctive relief enforcing any order issued by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. In any such proceeding the Superior Court may proceed in a summary manner or otherwise, and shall have power to grant such temporary relief or restraining order as it may deem just and proper, and to make and enter a decree enforcing, modifying, and enforcing as so modified, or setting aside in whole or in part any order issued by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. L.1967, c. 76, s. 16, eff. May 31, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-10 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-10
Construction of hotels or multiple dwellings; conversion or alteration; compliance with regulations
Status: in_force

(a) Any hotel or multiple dwelling the construction of which shall be commenced, or any building not constructed for use as a hotel or multiple dwelling but the conversion or alteration of which to such use shall be commenced, subsequent to the effective date of any regulations required to be issued and promulgated pursuant to sections 7 and 8 of this act, shall be subject to, and shall fully comply with, said regulations. (b) Any hotel or multiple dwelling the construction of which shall have been commenced in good faith, or any hotel or multiple dwelling which is used or occupied, or any building not constructed for use as a hotel or multiple dwelling but the conversion or alteration of which to such use shall have been commenced in good faith, on or before the effective date of any regulations required to be issued and promulgated pursuant to sections 7 and 8 of this act, shall be subject to, and shall fully comply with, said regulations on or before the first anniversary of the effective date of said regulations. L.1967, c. 76, s. 10, eff. May 31, 1967.
N.J. Stat. § 55:17-7 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-7
Notice of default to holder
Status: in_force

In the event of any default in connection with the terms and provisions of any lease or financial arrangement affecting a project, the governmental body or agency shall not take any steps it may otherwise be entitled to take, until it has first notified the holder of any mortgage loan thereon and provided a reasonable opportunity, in light of the nature of the default and the available means to correct it to cure the same; but in any case shall allow not less than 30 days for such purpose. L.1967, c. 304, s. 7, eff. Feb. 15, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-67 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-67
Rental Housing Incentive Guarantee Fund established
Status: in_force

4. a. There is hereby established in the agency the Rental Housing Incentive Guarantee Fund, which shall be non-revolving, for the purpose of funding loan guarantees authorized pursuant to this act. b. There shall be paid into the fund: (1) moneys allocated to the agency under agreements made with the New Jersey Economic Development Authority pursuant to section 9 of this act and (2) any other funds that may be made available to the fund by the agency, such as funds available from bond redemptions or refundings, federal funds, available reserves, moneys available from the Revolving Housing Development and Demonstration Grant Program fund established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1967, c.82 (C.52:27D-63), or any moneys available from any other program the purpose of which is to promote affordable housing, up to an amount not to exceed $10,000,000, which shall be based on lender participation and program demands. c. Moneys in the fund shall be used exclusively for (1) making payments in fulfillment of the terms of loan guarantees entered into pursuant to section 5 of this act; and (2) defraying the administrative costs of the agency in carrying out the purposes and provisions of this act. L.1995,c.359,s.4.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-58 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-58
Action to foreclose right of redemption
Status: in_force

39. a. When a person other than the municipality or the authority or its subsidiaries acquires a tax sale certificate for a property on the abandoned property list at tax sale, the purchaser may institute an action to foreclose the right of redemption at any time after the expiration of six months following the date of the sale of the tax sale certificate. b. Notwithstanding section 6 of P.L.1948, c.96 (C.54:5-104.34), when the municipality is the purchaser at tax sale of any property on the abandoned property list pursuant to R.S.54:5-34, or when the authority or any of its subsidiaries acquires the tax sale certificate pursuant to subsection a. of section 37 of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-56), an action to foreclose the right of redemption may be instituted in accordance with the provisions of subsection b. of R.S.54:5-77. c. After the foreclosure action is instituted, the right to redeem shall exist and continue to exist until barred by the judgment of the Superior Court; provided, however, that no redemption shall be permitted except where the owner: (1) posts cash or a bond equal to the cost of remediating the conditions because of which the property was determined to be abandoned pursuant to section 36 of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-55), as determined by the court; or (2) demonstrates to the court that the conditions because of which the property was determined to be abandoned pursuant to section 36 of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-55) have been remedied in full. L.1996,c.62,s.39.
N.J. Stat. § 55:17-3 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-3
Project and financial records equivalent to person or entity entering into lease or financial arrangement for continuation purposes; administration of project arrangements; summary proceedings
Status: in_force

The project and the financial records herein provided for shall be considered to be equivalent to the person or entity entering into the lease or financial arrangement for all purposes of any applicable statute, including qualification and status under any such statute for the purpose of continuing such lease or financial arrangement beyond default or foreclosure. The holder of the mortgage loan and the governmental body or agency involved may enter into appropriate agreements to deal with administration of the project arrangements pursuant to this act; and in case of their inability to reach agreement on any one or more aspects thereof, either may apply to the Superior Court, Chancery Division, by a summary proceeding, to settle and resolve the details of such administration in such fashion as will tend to accomplish the purposes of this act. L.1967, c. 304, s. 3, eff. Feb. 15, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13B-14 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13B / Section 13B-14
Prohibition of notice to leave or other action in retaliation; enforcement of rights or complaint by resident
Status: in_force

No owner, operator or employee shall serve notice upon a resident to leave the premises, or take any other action in retaliation for: (a) The efforts of the resident or a person acting on his behalf to secure or enforce any rights under a contract, the laws of this State or any of its subdivisions, or the laws of the United States; or (b) The good faith complaint of a resident or a person acting on his behalf to a governmental authority concerning the owner, operator or employee's alleged violation of this act or any health or safety law, regulation, code or ordinance, or other law or regulation which has as its objective the regulation of rooming houses or boarding houses. L.1979, c. 496, s. 14.
N.J. Stat. § 55:17-4 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-4
Establishment and maintenance of financial records and data
Status: in_force

The financial records and data in respect to the administration of the project after default or foreclosure shall be so established and maintained as to permit the application of the terms of the lease or financial arrangement in respect to the calculation of payments to be made to a governmental body or agency, as well as of limitations upon profits, earnings, dividends and the like, separately and apart from the business operations of the holder of the mortgage loans arising from other transactions than the project itself. L.1967, c. 304, s. 4, eff. Feb. 15, 1968.
N.J. Stat. § 55:17-9 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 17 / Section 17-9
Definitions
Status: in_force

For the purposes of this act, the following terms shall have the designated meanings: (a) "Lease or financial agreement" means any contractual arrangement between a governmental body or agency and some other person, pursuant to applicable statute, which is calculated to render financially feasible the undertaking of any project for redevelopment, renewal or rehabilitation, and shall include without limitation the granting of exemption from taxes, the payment of moneys for charges in lieu of taxes, and any other arrangement to assist in the realization of a project. (b) "Governmental body or agency" means any governmental body or agency of the United States, of this State or of any subdivision thereof, which may be a party to or participant in any project. (c) "Project" means any undertaking, whether of one or more units, which is the subject of any lease or financial arrangement for redevelopment, renewal or rehabilitation. (d) "Holder of a mortgage loan" means any person, association or corporation advancing funds, either for construction loans or for temporary or permanent financing, in respect to lands, improvements or both which constitute a project or part of a project. (e) "Mortgagor" means any person, association or corporation having an interest in a project which is subject to a mortgage loan, whether or not the original mortgagor or a successor or assignee subject to the mortgage. (f) "Default or foreclosure" means any event entitling the holder of the mortgage loan to pursue any one or more remedies available under this act or by other law or by contract, without regard to whether a traditional foreclosure or strict foreclosure occurs in fact. L.1967, c. 304, s. 9, eff. Feb. 15, 1968. Amended by L.1977, c. 368, s. 1, eff. Feb. 6, 1977.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13C-2.6 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13C / Section 13C-2.6
Findings, declarations.
Status: in_force

2. The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Period inequity is a chronic problem due to the fact that the cost of feminine hygiene products, including sales tax, is the same for women of all socioeconomic groups; b. This unfortunately leads to hardships and disparities relative to feminine hygiene and women's health in underserved communities, including for people with disabilities, minorities, and people experiencing homelessness; c. Women typically have their menstrual cycles every 28 days starting in their pre-teen years and lasting through menopause, which means they need to buy feminine hygiene products every month of the year over the span of several decades; d. The average menstrual cycle can last from between five to seven days, often requiring the purchase of multiple packages of feminine hygiene products for one cycle; e. The combination of these factors can lead to astronomical, recurring costs for women in their menstruating years; f. New Jersey has exempted feminine hygiene products, such as sanitary napkins and tampons, from the tax imposed under the Sales and Use Tax Act. In doing so, the State has recognized that it is financially burdensome for women to continue to purchase these products; g. Many women and girls within New Jersey find themselves in need of temporary housing assistance within emergency shelters for the homeless, and the Department of Community Affairs, in conjunction with the Departments of Human Services and Health, has recognized this growing need by creating the Homelessness Prevention Program and the Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program; h. Women and girls who find themselves homeless still need feminine hygiene and sanitation products to the same extent as all other women; i. Women and girls experiencing homelessness should not be burdened with the costs of feminine hygiene products while already experiencing financial and economic hardships resulting in them being unable to afford basic shelter; and j. It is therefore necessary and important to create this "New Jersey Feminine Hygiene Products for the Homeless Act" to combat period inequity and assist women and girls residing in emergency shelters for the homeless. L.2023, c.303, s.2.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-31 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-31
Issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

12. By resolution, the authority shall have power to incur indebtedness, borrow money and issue its bonds for the purposes stated in section 11 of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-30); provided, however, that the authority shall not issue more than $100 million of bonds in any one year. Except as may otherwise be expressly provided by the authority, every issue of its bonds shall be general obligations of the authority payable from any revenues or moneys of the authority or any other contracted with or agreed upon source, subject only to any agreements with the holders of particular bonds or notes pledging any particular revenues or moneys. Bonds shall be authorized by resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear that date or those dates, mature at that time or those times not exceeding 40 years from the date thereof, bear interest at a rate or rates, be in that denomination or those denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable from such sources in such medium of payment at such place or places within or without the State, and be subject to such terms of redemption (with or without premium) as the resolution may provide. Bonds of the authority may be sold by the authority at public or private sale at such price or prices as the authority shall determine. L.1996,c.62,s.12.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-13 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-13
Life safety improvement loans.
Status: in_force

13. a. In order to encourage the construction, acquisition and rendering of life safety improvements at or to boarding houses, the agency is hereby authorized to finance by life safety improvement loans the construction, acquisition and rendering of life safety improvements at or to boarding houses and residences utilized by fraternities or sororities which are recognized by a public or private institution of higher education. For the purposes of this section, "boarding house" shall include reference to residences utilized by fraternities or sororities which are recognized by a public or private institution of higher education. b. To carry out the purposes of this section, the agency may accept from boarding house owners applications for life safety improvement loans and enter into agreements with boarding house owners with respect thereto. In considering applications for life safety improvement loans, the agency shall give consideration to: (1) the degree of need for the life safety improvement at the boarding house with respect to which the application is made; (2) factors affecting the tax-exempt status of interest on the bonds issued by the agency to raise the money necessary to make the life safety improvement loan, including the location and ownership of boarding houses with respect to which applications have been and are being made; (3) the extent of the benefit which, in the agency's opinion, can be expected to be achieved from the life safety improvement intended to be financed with the life safety improvement loan for which the application is made, giving effect to, among other things, the cost of such life safety improvement; (4) the applicant's ability to obtain alternate financing; and (5) the extent of the applicant's compliance with the "Rooming and Boarding House Act of 1979," P.L.1979, c.496 (C.55:13B-1 et seq.), if that act is applicable. This determination shall be accomplished through an inspection of the boarding house by either the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs or the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. Deficiencies which are to be corrected through life safety improvement loans are not to be used as a basis for disapproving a loan under this section. c. Life safety improvement loans made by the agency shall not be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in sections 6 through 10 of this act but shall be subject to the following terms and conditions: (1) the amount of the loan shall not exceed 100% of the cost of the life safety improvement to be constructed, acquired or rendered, as determined by the agency. (2) the interest rate on the loan shall be established by the agency at the lowest level consistent with the agency's cost of operation but not lower than the effective cost of the agency of the obligations of the agency sold to raise the money used to make the loan. (3) the loan shall be evidenced by a promissory note which shall contain terms and provisions and be in a form approved by the agency . Except for loans made to owners of residences that are utilized as fraternities or sororities, but are not otherwise rooming and boarding houses, the terms and provisions shall include, but not be limited to, agency requirements that: (a) the boarding house owner remit to the agency the entire unpaid balance of all life safety improvement loans made by the agency to the boarding house owner as of the time when the facility ceases to be a boarding house, and the money shall be used for making new boarding house life safety improvement loans or any other lawful purpose; (b) the boarding house owner remit to the agency, for payment to the Department of Community Affairs for deposit in the "Boarding House Rental Assistance Fund," established under section 14 of this act, an amount equal to the rental assistance payments made to or on behalf of the residents of a boarding house, pursuant to this section, prior to the point in time when the facility ceases to be a boarding house, but the inclusion of this second requirement in the promissory note and the remittance of that amount shall be required if and to the extent that the agency determines it to be feasible and practicable; and (c) in the event of any sale which occurs during the period when the life safety improvement loan is being repaid to a purchaser who will maintain the facility as a boarding house, the boarding house owner shall either remit the entire unpaid balance of all life safety improvement loans made by the agency to the boarding house owner or require the purchaser to assume the loan. (4) as a condition of the loan, the agency shall have the power at all times during the construction, acquisition or rendering of a life safety improvement at or to a boarding house and for a reasonable period of time subsequent thereto to enter without prior notice the boarding house with respect to which the loan is made in order to inspect the construction, acquisition or rendering of the life safety improvement being financed with the loan. L.1983,c.530,s.13; amended 2000, c.56, s.13.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-64 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-64
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Rental Housing Incentive Guarantee Program." L.1995,c.359,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-7.16 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.16
Rules, regulations; guidelines for use, orientation programs.
Status: in_force

5. a. The commissioner is hereby authorized to make and promulgate, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), all regulations necessary to carry out P.L.1995, c.120 (C.55:13A-7.12 et seq.), including, but not limited to, regulations regarding the design, construction, and installation of window guards. The commissioner shall promulgate model forms and lease provisions for the notices required to be provided pursuant to P.L.1995, c.120 (C.55:13A-7.12 et seq.) and specifications for inspections and log-keeping requirements. b. The commissioner shall establish guidelines for orientation programs designed to educate tenants about the safe use and manipulation of window guards and their rights concerning child-protection window guards pursuant to P.L.1995, c.120 (C.55:13A-7.12 et seq.) and ensure that an orientation program is offered annually prior to March 1 of each year in the following: (1) every multiple dwelling of at least four stories in height which was built with public funds or public assistance, or financed, in whole or in part, by a loan guaranteed or insured by the federal government or any agency thereof, including the allocation of low-income tax credits; and (2) every multiple dwelling of at least four stories in height in which a recipient of State or federal rental assistance resides. Notice of the orientation program shall be posted in appropriate common areas of the building at least two weeks prior to the date of the program. L.1995,c.120,s.5; amended 2006, c.55, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-18 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-18
Subsidiary corporations of agency
Status: in_force

a. In order to carry out the purposes and provisions of this act, the agency, in addition to any powers granted to it elsewhere in this act, shall have the authority to form, purchase or assume control of one or more subsidiary corporations, in the manner and for the purposes set forth in this section. b. The agency may form a subsidiary corporation by filing with the Secretary of State a certificate of incorporation, which may be amended from time to time and which shall set forth the name of the subsidiary corporation, its duration, the location of its principal office, the joint owners thereof, and the purposes of the corporation. c. The directors of the subsidiary corporation shall be members or employees of the agency, who shall constitute at least a majority, and such other persons representing any joint owner or owners as may be provided for in the agreement in connection with the incorporation. d. The subsidiary corporation shall have all the powers vested in the agency which the agency may delegate to it by terms of the agreement of incorporation, except that it shall not have power to contract indebtedness independently of the agency. The subsidiary corporation and any of its properties, functions and activities shall have all the privileges, immunities, tax exemptions and other exemptions as the agency's property, functions and activities. The subsidiary corporation shall also be subject to the restrictions and limitations to which the agency is subject. The subsidiary corporation shall be subject to suit as if it were the agency itself. e. Whenever the State or any municipality, commission, public authority, agency, officer, department, board, or division is authorized and empowered for any purposes of this act to cooperate and enter into agreements with the agency or to grant any consent to the agency or to grant, convey, lease or otherwise transfer any property to the agency or to execute any document, the State or such municipality, commission, public authority, agency, officer, department, board, or division shall have the same authorization and power for any of such purposes to cooperate and enter into agreements with the subsidiary corporation and to grant consents to the subsidiary corporation and to grant, convey, lease or otherwise transfer property to the subsidiary corporation and to execute documents for the subsidiary corporation. f. Among the powers that shall be granted to a subsidiary corporation established by agency, or which may be exercised by the agency itself, are: (1) To act as receiver or interim owner of rental properties and in connection therewith to provide tenant education and training, with the goal of achieving cooperative or other private forms of resident ownership. (2) To act as a housing service corporation to operate or complete the construction of agency-financed properties. (3) To undertake acquisition, construction, rehabilitation and operation of housing and related activities on a demonstration or experimental basis. (4) To participate as a co-owner or co-venturer in any activity financed by an eligible loan from the agency. g. The agency shall establish at least one subsidiary corporation pursuant to this section, unless the agency shall, by resolution setting forth the reasons for its decision, determine that such establishment would be inexpedient, which resolution shall be forthwith communicated to the Governor and the Legislature. L.1983, c. 530, s. 18, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-45 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-45
Submission of New Jersey Redevelopment Strategy document
Status: in_force

26. With its first annual report, and every second year thereafter, the authority shall submit a New Jersey Redevelopment Strategy document, setting forth the goals and priorities governing the selection of the projects it anticipates participating in or assisting; and the authority shall annually review and evaluate the projects actually undertaken in light of the goals and priorities established therefor by the New Jersey Redevelopment Strategy document. In selecting projects for its participation, and in evaluating those projects in which it has participated, the authority shall devise and employ techniques for forecasting and measuring relevant indices of accomplishment of its goals of economic revitalization, including specifically: a. the number of jobs created, or to be created, by, or as a result of, the project; b. the cost, or estimated cost, to the State, involved in the creation of those jobs; c. the amount of private capital investment in, or stimulated by, a project, in proportion to the public funds invested therein; and d. in the case of an industrial project or a multi-purpose project which has, as one of its elements, a project classified as an industrial project, a determination, based upon written findings, that the project would not be undertaken but for the participation of the authority. L.1996,c.62,s.26.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-20 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-20
Short title
Status: in_force

1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "New Jersey Urban Redevelopment Act." L.1996,c.62,s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14J-51 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14J / Section 14J-51
Report to and consultation with legislative committee prior to entry into agreement
Status: in_force

Not less than 30 days prior to the commissioner entering into any contract, lease, obligation, or agreement to effectuate the purposes of this act the commissioner shall report to and consult with the special joint legislative committee created pursuant to Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 66 of the 1968 Legislature as reconstituted and continued from time to time by the Legislature. L.1976, c. 133, s. 11, eff. Dec. 27, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-7.6 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-7.6
Applicable provisions
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise set forth in sections 2, 3 and 4 of P.L. 1987, c. 270 (C. 55:13A-12.1, 55:13A-13.2, 55:13A-7.5), all provisions of P.L. 1967, c. 76 (C. 55:13A-1 et seq.), as amended and supplemented, and of the regulations pursuant thereto, shall be applicable to retreat lodging facilities in the same manner as to hotels. L. 1987, c. 270, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-86 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-86
Complaint, lis pendens, notice; entry on property.
Status: in_force

9. a. Within 10 days of filing a complaint pursuant to P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-78 et al.), the plaintiff shall file a notice of lis pendens with the county recording officer of the county within which the building is located. b. At least 30 days before filing the complaint, the municipality shall serve a notice of intention to take possession of an abandoned building. The notice shall inform the owner and interested parties that the property has not been legally occupied for six months and of those criteria that led to a determination of abandonment pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-81). The notice shall provide that unless the owner or a party in interest prepares and submits a rehabilitation plan to the appropriate municipal officials, the municipality will seek to gain possession of the building to rehabilitate the property and the associated cost shall be a lien against the property, which may be satisfied by the sale of the property, unless the owner applies to the court for reinstatement of control of the property as provided in section 15 of P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-92). After the complaint is filed, the complaint shall be served on the parties in interest in accordance with the New Jersey Rules of Court. c. After serving the notice of intent pursuant to subsection b. of this section, the municipality or its designee may enter upon that property after written notice to the owner by certified mail, return receipt requested, in order to secure, stabilize or repair the property, or in order to inspect the property for purposes of preparing the plan to be submitted to the court pursuant to section 12 of P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-89). L.2003,c.210,s.9; amended 2005, c.118, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-22 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-22
Default in payment of principal or interest on bonds
Status: in_force

a. If the agency defaults in the payment of principal of or interest on any issue of bonds after the same becomes due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and the default continues for a period of 30 days, or if the agency fails or refuses to comply with the provisions of this act or fails or refuses to carry out and perform the terms of any contract with the holders of bonds and the failure or refusal continues for a period of 30 days after written notice to the agency of its existence and nature, the holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of such issue of bonds then outstanding by instrument or instruments filed in the office of the Secretary of State and proved or acknowledged in the same manner as a deed to be recorded, may appoint a trustee to represent the holders of those bonds for the purposes provided in this section. b. The trustee may, and upon written request of the holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of such bonds then outstanding shall, in the trustee's own name: (1) by any action, writ, or other proceeding, enforce all rights of the holders of such bonds, including the right to collect and enforce the payment of principal of and interest due or becoming due on eligible loans and loans to institutional lenders and collect and enforce any collateral securing such loans or sell such collateral and the right to cause the foreclosure of any eligible mortgage loan, and to sell any property purchased at any such foreclosure, so as to carry out any contract as to, or pledge of, revenues, and to require the agency to carry out and perform the terms of any contract with the holders of such bonds or its duties under this act; (2) bring suit upon all or any part of such bonds; (3) by action, require the agency to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust for the holders of such bonds; (4) by action, enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or in violation of the rights of the holders of such bonds; or (5) declare all such bonds due and payable, whether or not in advance of maturity, upon 30 days' prior notice in writing to the agency, and, if all defaults shall be made good, then with the consent of the holders of 25% of the principal amount of such bonds then outstanding, annul such declaration and its consequences. c. The trustee shall, in addition to the foregoing, have and possess all of the powers necessary or appropriate for the exercise of the functions specifically set forth herein or incident to the general representation of the holders of bonds in the enforcement and protection of their rights. d. In any action or proceeding by such trustee, the fees, counsel fees and expenses of the trustee, if any, appointed pursuant to this act, shall constitute taxable costs and disbursements, and all costs and disbursements, allowed by the court, shall be a first charge upon any revenues, moneys, funds or property of the agency pledged for the payment or security of such issue of bonds. L.1983, c. 530, s. 22, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 55:18-7 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-7
Surcharge on rents for lessee with option to purchase; deposit; disposition
Status: in_force

a. If at the time of execution of the lease the municipality offers the lessee an option to purchase the property during, or at the expiration of, the lease, and if the lessee records in the lease its intention to exercise the option, then in establishing a schedule of rents the lessee shall be entitled to include charges designed to accumulate over the period of the lease a fund which, including accrued interest during that period, is agreed upon by the municipality and the lessee to be probably sufficient to meet the lessee's cash requirements in connection with the purchase; provided, however, that the surcharge shall not increase rents to a level inconsistent with subsection a. of section 6 of this act. b. Charges added to rents for this purpose shall be deposited in a financial institution qualified to exercise appropriate fiduciary powers under the laws of this State and shall not be withdrawn or used for any purpose during the term of the lease, or for any purpose thereafter, except to make payments in connection with the financing of the purchase of the property pursuant to exercise of the option, or as provided in subsection c. of this section. c. Upon expiration of the lease without exercise of an option to purchase for which a fund has been accumulated pursuant to this section, the fund so accumulated shall: (1) If the lessee declines renewal or in renewing declines to continue an option for purchase, be used for a reduction of tenant's rental charges according to a formula determined by the municipality, except as otherwise provided pursuant to subsection c. of section 8 of this act; (2) If the lessee accepts renewal with a continued option to purchase at the end of the extended term, but declines to continue accumulation of the fund, remain on deposit through the extended term subject to the restrictions of subsection b. of this section; (3) If the lessee accepts renewal, with a continued option to purchase at the end of the extended term, remain on deposit and be added to in accordance with continuing charges for the purpose; but such charges shall be adjusted to take into account the longer term for accumulation, the new option price, if set under the terms of renewal, and any change in the fund's expected rate of earnings over the extended period. L.1983, c. 335, s. 7, eff. Sept. 2, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14G-30 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14G / Section 14G-30
Offenses
Status: in_force

Any person who attempts to or obtains financial aid for a project hereunder or occupancy of a dwelling unit therein by false or misleading information, or who shall willfully violate this act, or who shall fraudulently obtain or attempt to obtain moneys from the Authority, or its approval for the payment of moneys, or shall fraudulently prevent or attempt to prevent the collection of any moneys due it shall, for each offense be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or be imprisoned for not more than three years, or both. L.1949, c. 186, p. 625, s. 5.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-82 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-82
Determination of property as nuisance
Status: in_force

5. A property may be determined to be a nuisance if: a. The property has been found to be unfit for human habitation, occupancy or use pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1942, c.112 (C.40:48-2.3); b. The condition and vacancy of the property materially increases the risk of fire to the property and adjacent properties; c. The property is subject to unauthorized entry leading to potential health and safety hazards; the owner has failed to take reasonable and necessary measures to secure the property; or the municipality has secured the property in order to prevent such hazards after the owner has failed to do so; d. The presence of vermin or the accumulation of debris, uncut vegetation or physical deterioration of the structure or grounds have created potential health and safety hazards and the owner has failed to take reasonable and necessary measures to remove the hazards; or e. The dilapidated appearance or other condition of the property materially affects the welfare, including the economic welfare, of the residents of the area in close proximity to the property, and the owner has failed to take reasonable and necessary measures to remedy the conditions. A public officer who determines a property to be a nuisance pursuant to subsections b. through e. of this section shall follow the notification procedures set forth in P.L.1942, c.112 (C.40:48-2.3 et seq.). L.2003,c.210,s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14G-32 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14G / Section 14G-32
Effective date; duration of act
Status: in_force

This act shall take effect immediately and shall continue in full force and effect so long as any of the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement continues in force and effect. L.1954, c. 25, p. 87, s. 2.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-20.2 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-20.2
Mortgage holder of record; notice of failure by owner to abate violations
Status: in_force

Whenever the Attorney General files an action in the Superior Court, on behalf of the Commissioner of Community Affairs, pursuant to section 6 (C. 55:13A-6) of the "Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law" P.L.1967, c. 76 or the Penalty Enforcement Law (N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.) following the failure of an owner of a building subject to the Hotel and Multiple Dwelling Law to abate violations of the regulations promulgated pursuant to the law after receipt of notices and orders to terminate violations as required by the law or the failure of the owner to pay a civil penalty assessed pursuant to the laws after receipt of notice and order to pay penalty the Commissioner of Community Affairs shall cause to be forwarded, by regular first class mail, to any mortgage holder of record a notice of filing of the action and copies of any notices and orders which provide the cause for said action. The mortgage holder of record shall be any holder of record as filed with the municipal clerk pursuant to P.L.1974, c. 50 (C. 46:8-27 et seq.). L.1975, c. 191, s. 2, eff. Aug. 16, 1975.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-101 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-101
Special tax sales; notice.
Status: in_force

24. Municipalities may hold special tax sales with respect to those properties eligible for tax sale pursuant to R.S.54:5-19 which are also on an abandoned property list established by the municipality pursuant to section 36 of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-55). Municipalities electing to hold a special tax sale shall conduct that sale subject to the following provisions: a. The municipality shall establish criteria for eligibility to bid on properties at the sale, which may include, but shall not be limited to: documentation of the bidder's ability to rehabilitate or otherwise reuse the property consistent with municipal plans and regulations; commitments by the bidder to rehabilitate or otherwise reuse the property, consistent with municipal plans and regulations; commitments by the bidder to take action to foreclose on the tax lien by a date certain; and such other criteria as the municipality may determine are necessary to ensure that the properties to be sold will be rehabilitated or otherwise reused in a manner consistent with the public interest; b. The municipality may establish minimum bid requirements for a special tax sale that may be less than the full amount of the taxes, interest and penalties due, the amount of such minimum bid to be at the sole discretion of the municipality, in order to ensure that the properties to be sold will be rehabilitated or otherwise reused in a manner consistent with the public interest; c. The municipality may combine properties into bid packages, and require that bidders place a single bid on each package, and reject any and all bids on individual properties that have been included in bid packages; d. The municipality may sell properties subject to provisions that, if the purchaser fails to carry out any commitment that has been set forth as a condition of sale pursuant to subsection a. of this section or misrepresents any material qualification that has been established as a condition of eligibility to bid pursuant thereto, then the properties and any interest thereto acquired by the purchaser shall revert to the municipality, and any amount paid by the purchaser to the municipality at the special tax sale shall be forfeit to the municipality; e. In the event there are two or more qualified bidders for any property or bid package in a special tax sale, the municipality may designate the unsuccessful but qualified bidder whose bid was closest to the successful bid as an eligible purchaser; f. In the event that the purchaser of that property or bid package fails to meet any of the conditions of sale established by the municipality pursuant to this section, and their interest in the property or properties reverts to the municipality, the municipality may subsequently designate the entity previously designated as an eligible purchaser as the winning bidder for the property or properties, and assign the tax sale certificates to that entity on the basis of that entity's bid at the special tax sale, subject to the terms and conditions of the special tax sale. g. The municipality shall provide notice of a special tax sale pursuant to R.S.54:5-26. The notice shall include any special terms of sale established by the municipality pursuant to subsection b., c. or d. of this section. Nothing shall prohibit the municipality from holding a special tax sale on the same day as a standard or accelerated tax sale. L.2003,c.210,s.24; amended 2005, c.118, s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-66 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-66
Definitions
Status: in_force

3. As used in this act: "Agency" means the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency. "Construction costs" means all expenditures made or incurred by a qualified housing developer, inclusive of reasonable pre-construction costs, prior to the obtaining of permanent financing on a completed housing development. "Construction loan" means a loan made to a qualified developer for the financing of construction costs. "Development" means development within the meaning of the "Municipal Land Use Law," P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.). "Fund" means the Rental Housing Incentive Guarantee Fund established pursuant to section 4 of this act. "Housing developer" means any person, firm, corporation or association of persons that has undertaken or proposes to undertake a housing development. "Housing development" means development undertaken for the purpose of creating one or more residential units, whether detached or attached or in the form of multiple dwellings, for occupancy under rental tenure by persons who shall occupy such units as their usual and permanent residence, together with any structures or facilities appurtenant or ancillary thereto. "Institutional lender" means any bank or trust company, savings bank, national banking association, savings and loan association, or building and loan association maintaining an office in this State, or any insurance company or any mortgage banking firm or mortgage banking corporation authorized to transact business in this State. "Loan guarantee" means an agreement by the agency to guarantee up to 30 percent of the remaining principal balance of a loan made to a qualified developer by an institutional lender, either through agreements to purchase loans or to otherwise indemnify the lender, up to an amount not to exceed $300,000. "Permanent financing" means long-term financing secured by a qualified housing developer through an institutional lender, and may include construction costs and costs associated with developing, constructing, and managing a housing development. "Pre-construction costs" means the amount approved by the agency as an appropriate expenditure that may be incurred prior to the obtaining of permanent financing on a completed housing development, exclusive of the actual costs of construction and preparatory and ancillary to actual construction, and may include, without limitation: (1) payments for options, deposits or contracts to purchase properties on the proposed housing development site; (2) legal and organizational expenses, including attorneys' fees, and salaries, office rent and other incidental expenses for a project manager and office staff; (3) fees for preliminary feasibility studies, planning advances, borings, surveys, engineering and architectural work, and fees for the services of architects, engineers, planners and attorneys in connection therewith; (4) expenses for tenant surveys and market analyses; and (5) such other expenses as the agency may deem necessary and appropriate to effectuate the purposes of this act. "Qualified housing developer" means a housing developer who has qualified for a loan guarantee pursuant to section 5 of this act. "Qualified housing development" means a housing development for which a loan guarantee may be made pursuant to section 5 of this act. L.1995,c.359,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14E-5.1 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14E / Section 14E-5.1
Corporation to provide written notice of development project
Status: in_force

a. The executive director or other chief executive officer of a corporation or entity which makes application to develop a project pursuant to the provisions of the "Urban Redevelopment Law," P.L.1946, c.52 (C.55:14E-1 et seq.) shall provide written notice to a county or municipality, as appropriate, whenever such a corporation or entity enters into a written agreement for the planning and construction of a housing development project within the county or municipality for which funding assistance shall be sought from State or federal agencies, or both. The executive director or other chief executive officer shall also provide notice to such officials when the authority makes application for such assistance. Such notification shall be made within five calendar days of the signing of the written agreement, or the application for funding assistance. b. In the case of a county organized under the "Optional County Charter Law," P.L.1972, c.154 (C.40:41A-1 et seq.), written notice shall be provided to the county executive or other appropriate executive officer, and to the board of chosen freeholders. In all other counties, written notice shall be provided to the members of the board of chosen freeholders. In the case of a municipality other than a municipality organized under the council-manager plan pursuant to the "Optional Municipal Charter Law," P.L.1950, c.210 (C.40:69A-1 et seq.), written notice shall be provided to the mayor and to the members of the council. In the case of a municipality organized under the council-manager plan pursuant to the "Optional Municipal Charter Law," P.L.1950, c.210 (C.40:69A-1 et seq.), written notice shall be provided to the manager and to the members of the council. L.1990,c.90,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-9 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-9
Loans for "projects."
Status: in_force

The corporation, or any subsidiary, may make loans to any individual, partnership, trust, association or corporation for the purpose of enabling such entity to undertake any work, improvement or other activity in a qualified municipality which, if undertaken by the corporation or a subsidiary, would be a "project" within the meaning of section 3 of this act. The corporation, or any subsidiary, may also pledge its credit for the repayment of any such loan made for like purposes by any financial institution in the State. L. 1985, c. 227, s. 9, eff. July 8, 1986.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-27 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-27
Additional powers of authority
Status: in_force

8. a. In order to carry out the purposes and provisions of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-20 et al.), the authority, in addition to any powers granted to it elsewhere in P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-20 et al.), shall have the authority to form, purchase or assume control of one or more subsidiaries, in the manner and for the purposes set forth in this section. b. The authority may form a subsidiary by filing with the Secretary of State a certificate of incorporation, which may be amended from time to time and which shall set forth the name of the subsidiary, its duration, the location of its principal office, the joint owners thereof, and the purposes of the subsidiary. c. The directors of the subsidiary shall be members or employees of the authority, who shall constitute at least a majority, and such other persons representing any joint owner or owners as may be provided for in the agreement in connection with the incorporation of the subsidiary. d. The subsidiary shall have all the powers vested in the authority which the authority may delegate to it by terms of the agreement of incorporation, except that it shall not have the power to contract indebtedness independently of the authority. The subsidiary and any of its properties, functions and activities shall have all the privileges, immunities, tax exemptions and other exemptions as the authority's property, functions and activities. The subsidiary shall also be subject to the restrictions and limitations to which the authority is subject. The subsidiary shall be subject to suit as if it were the authority itself. e. Whenever the State or any municipality, commission, public authority, agency, officer, department, board, or division is authorized and empowered for any purposes of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-20 et al.) to cooperate and enter into agreements with the authority or to grant any consent to the authority or to grant, convey, lease or otherwise transfer any property to the authority or to execute any document, the State or such municipality, commission, public authority, agency, officer, department, board, or division shall have the same authorization and power for any of such purposes to cooperate and enter into agreements with the subsidiary, to grant consents to the subsidiary, to grant, convey, lease or otherwise transfer property to the subsidiary and to execute documents for the subsidiary. f. Among the powers that shall be granted to a subsidiary corporation established by the authority, or which may be exercised by the authority itself, are: (1) the power to participate as a co-owner or co-venturer in any activity financed by a loan from the authority; and (2) the power to issue its stock and employ the proceeds of such sales for capital investment in, or other expenses in connection with, the projects of the subsidiary, upon authorization by the authority. L.1996,c.62,s.8.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-25 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-25
Reservation of funds for use in municipalities eligible for state aid for services and to offset property taxes
Status: in_force

At least 25% of the funds made available by the agency for the acquisition, operation, construction, rehabilitation, conversion, improvement or ownership of residential properties of from one to four, or from five to 12, dwelling units shall be reserved for use in municipalities which qualify for State aid under P.L.1978, c. 14 (C. 52:27D-178 et seq.). The period of reservation shall be established by the agency at its discretion, but shall not be less than four months. The period may be extended at the agency's discretion, with or without adjusting the amount of funds so reserved. L.1983, c. 530, s. 25, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13B-20 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13B / Section 13B-20
Notice of rights; giving to residents; posting; contents
Status: in_force

The operator of a boarding facility shall ensure that a written notice of the rights set forth in this act be given to every resident upon admittance to the boarding facility and to each individual already in residence. The operator shall also post this notice in a conspicuous public place in the boarding facility. This notice shall include the name, address and telephone numbers of the Office of the Ombudsman for the Institutionalized Elderly, county welfare agency and county office on aging. L.1979, c. 500, s. 4.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-80 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-80
Project declared public work
Status: in_force

9. Any eligible project that conforms to the standards and requirements of P.L.1998, c.128 (C.55:14K-72 et seq.) and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto is hereby declared to be a public work in furtherance of the housing policy of this State, and any contribution of property, money or services in furtherance of such a program by a unit of local government shall be deemed an expense or cost incurred in furtherance of a public purpose. L.1998,c.128,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-62 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-62
Eligible project declared public work
Status: in_force

9. Any eligible project that conforms to the standards and requirements of this act and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto is hereby declared to be a public work in furtherance of the housing policy of this State, and any contribution of property, money or services in furtherance of such a program by a unit of local government shall be deemed an expense or cost incurred in furtherance of a public purpose. L.1995,c.343,s.9.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-104 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-104
Creation of abandoned property list; initiative procedure
Status: in_force

30. The voters of any municipality which has not adopted an ordinance directing the public officer to create an abandoned property list pursuant to section 36 of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-55) within one year after the effective date of P.L.2003, c.210 (C.55:19-78 et al.) may propose an ordinance directing the public officer to identify abandoned property for the purpose of establishing an abandoned property list in accordance with the provisions of section 36 of P.L.1996, c.62 and submit it to the municipal council by a petition signed by a number of the legal voters of the municipality equal in number to five percent of the total votes cast in the last election at which municipal officials were elected, but in no event fewer than 100 legal voters in a municipality with a population of 1,000 persons or more. This power of initiative shall be subject to the restrictions and procedures set forth in Article F. of P.L.1950, c.210 (C.40:69A-184 et seq.). L.2003,c.210,s.30.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-41 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-41
Agreements between contiguous municipalities to share project revenues
Status: in_force

22. The governing bodies of any two contiguous municipalities within which is located or is to be located a New Jersey Redevelopment Authority project situated in part within each municipality, may by reciprocal ordinances enter into agreements with each other to share all tax revenues, payments in lieu of taxes or other revenues as shall be derived from the entire project, and to which they are by law entitled, in such proportion as they deem proper. L.1996,c.62,s.22.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-59 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-59
Final judgment barring right of redemption; grounds for reopening
Status: in_force

40. Once a final judgment barring the right of redemption with respect to a property on the list of abandoned properties has been recorded, no court shall reopen such judgment at any time except on the grounds of lack of jurisdiction or fraud in the conduct of the action; in any such proceeding, the provisions of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-20 et al.) shall be construed liberally in favor of the purchaser, assignee or transferee of the tax sale certificate. L.1996,c.62,s.40.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-30 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-30
Housing development fund
Status: in_force

a. The agency shall establish and maintain a Housing Development Fund which shall consist of all moneys appropriated by the State for inclusion therein, notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this or of any other law, any moneys which the agency shall receive in repayment of advances from the fund, and any other moneys available to the agency which it determines to utilize for this purpose. b. The agency is hereby authorized to use the money held in the Housing Development Fund to make noninterest bearing advances to housing sponsors who are corporations or associations organized not for profit or for mutual housing to defray development costs for housing projects. No such advance shall be made unless it is reasonably anticipated by the agency that an eligible mortgage loan will be obtained for the housing project and the not for profit or mutual housing sponsor enters into an agreement with the agency to be regulated with respect to those matters provided in paragraphs (5) and (6) of subsection a. of section 7 of this act. c. Each advance shall be repaid in full concurrent with the receipt by the not for profit or mutual housing sponsor of the proceeds of the eligible mortgage loan, unless the agency shall extend the period for the repayment of such advance, but no such extension shall be granted beyond the date of final payment under the eligible mortgage loan. d. If the agency determines at any time that an eligible mortgage loan may not be obtained from the agency, the advance shall become immediately due and payable and shall be paid from any assets of the housing project. To the extent that repayment cannot be made from the assets of the housing project, the advance shall be treated as a grant. e. The term "development cost" , as used in this section, means the amount approved by the agency as an appropriate expenditure which may be incurred prior to the first advance on an eligible mortgage loan, including but not limited to (1) payments for options, deposits or contracts to purchase properties on the proposed housing project site or, with the prior approval of the agency, payments for the purchase of such properties; (2) legal and organizational expenses, including attorney's fees and salaries, office rent and other incidental expenses for a project manager and clerical staff; (3) fees for preliminary feasibility studies, planning advances, borings, surveys, engineering and architectural work; (4) expenses for tenant surveys and market analyses; and (5) such other expenses as the agency may deem appropriate to effectuate the purpose of this section. f. The term "eligible mortgage loan" , as used in this section, means a below-market interest rate mortgage loan insured by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, or a mortgage loan insured by the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development and augmented by a program of rent supplements, or an eligible loan made by the agency. L.1983, c. 530, s. 30, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-57 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-57
Removal of property from list of abandoned properties; remediation
Status: in_force

38. a. An owner may remove a property from the list of abandoned properties prior to sale of the tax sale certificate by paying all taxes and municipal liens due, including interest and penalties and: (1) by posting cash or a bond equal to the cost of remediating all conditions because of which the property has been determined to be abandoned pursuant to section 36 of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-55) and posting cash or a bond to cover the cost of any environmental cleanup required on the property, evidenced by a certification by a licensed engineer retained by the owner and reviewed and approved by the public officer stating that the cash or bond adequately covers the cost of the cleanup; or (2) by demonstrating to the satisfaction of the public officer that the conditions rendering the property abandoned have been remediated in full; provided, however, that where the public officer finds that the owner is actively engaged in remediating the conditions because of which the property was determined to be abandoned pursuant to section 36 of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-55), as evidenced by significant rehabilitation activity on the property, the public officer may grant an extension of time of not more than 120 days for the owner to complete all work, during which time no further proceedings will be taken against the owner or the property. b. If the owner has posted cash or a bond in order to have a property removed from the abandoned property list and the conditions because of which the property was determined to be abandoned have not been fully remediated within one year of the date of posting the cash or bond, or, in the case of a property which requires a remediation of any known, suspected or threatened release of contaminants, if the owner has failed to enter into a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Environmental Protection or an administrative consent order, as the case may be, or if an agreement or order is in effect but the owner has failed to perform the remediation in conformance with the agreement or order, then the cash or bond shall be forfeited to the municipality which shall use the cash or bond and any interest which has accrued thereon for the purpose of demolishing or rehabilitating the property or performing the environmental remediation. Any funds remaining after the property has been demolished, rehabilitated or cleaned up shall be returned to the owner. L.1996,c.62,s.38.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14J-43 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14J / Section 14J-43
Payment to housing finance agency for reserve fund
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs is authorized to pay from the mortgage assistance account to the New Jersey Housing Finance Agency $6,000,000.00 for deposit in one or more reserve funds to assist the New Jersey Housing Finance Agency to provide permanent financing for developments financed or to be financed by it. L.1976, c. 133, s. 3, eff. Dec. 27, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 55:19-22 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 19 / Section 19-22
Definitions relative to urban redevelopment.
Status: in_force

3. As used in P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-20 et al.), except as otherwise clearly required by the context: "Authority" means the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-23). "Council" means the Urban Coordinating Council established pursuant to section 45 of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-60). "Department" means the Department of Commerce and Economic Development. "Project" means a specific work or improvement, including lands, buildings, improvements, real and personal property or any interest therein, including lands under water, riparian rights, space rights and air rights, acquired, owned, constructed, reconstructed, rehabilitated or improved by the authority or a subsidiary, or by any other person, firm or corporation under agreement with the authority or subsidiary pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-20 et al.) in a qualified municipality, and which falls within any of the following classifications: (1) "Industrial project"--a project designed and intended to provide facilities for manufacturing, industrial, commercial, wholesale, retail, warehousing, or research and development purposes, including but not limited to machinery and equipment deemed necessary for the operation thereof, when the authority finds that there is a compelling public need to undertake such project. (2) "Land-use improvement project"--a project for the clearance, replanning, reconstruction, rehabilitation, renewal, redevelopment, conservation, restoration or improvement of an area, in cooperation or under agreement with a qualified municipality which has designated the area in need of redevelopment. (3) "Civil project"--a project designed and intended to provide facilities for educational, cultural, health, recreational, community or other civic purposes. (4) "Utility project"--a project designed and intended to provide facilities for provision of water, sewerage, solid waste disposal, transportation, utility or other public services necessary for the accommodation of a project of another classification undertaken pursuant to P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-20 et al.), but accommodation of needs greater than those of the other project may be encompassed. (5) "Mixed-use project"--a project consisting of housing development and commercial development, in which the prorated cost of the housing development is equivalent to no more than one-third of the cost of the total project. (6) "Multi-purpose project"--a project combining the purposes of two or more of the foregoing classifications. "Qualified municipality" means any municipality which at the time of the initiation of a project was either eligible to receive aid under the "Special Municipal Aid Act," P.L.1987, c.75 (C.52:27D-118.24 et seq.) or was coextensive with a school district which qualified for designation as a "special needs district" pursuant to the "Quality Education Act of 1990," P.L.1990, c.52 (C.18A:7D-1 et seq.) or, if no municipality in a county meets these requirements, the Commissioner of Community Affairs may nominate one municipality in that county for inclusion. The nominated municipality must have a rank in the top 20% of the current Municipal Distress Index (MDI), as promulgated by the Division of Housing and Community Resources in the Department of Community Affairs, and be approved by the New Jersey Redevelopment Authority Board. If approved, the municipality shall be eligible to participate in the program for a period of five years and may, thereafter, be re-nominated by the commissioner every five years. "Subsidiary" means a subsidiary corporation formed by the authority pursuant to section 8 of P.L.1996, c.62 (C.55:19-27). L.1996, c.62, s.3; amended 2015, c.56.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-40 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-40
Annual report and audit of agency
Status: in_force

On or before the last day of March in each year, the agency shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding calendar year to the Governor and to the Legislature. Each report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operations during the year. The agency shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once in each year by certified public accountants and the cost thereof shall be considered an expense of the agency and a copy thereof shall be filed with the State Treasurer. L.1983, c. 530, s. 40, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-44 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-44
Discrimination; prohibition; violations; penalty
Status: in_force

No person shall be discriminated against because of race, religious principles, color, national origin or ancestry by the agency, any housing sponsor, any institutional lender, or any loan originator or any agent or employee thereof in connection with any housing project or eligible loan. No person shall be discriminated against because of age in admission to, or continuance of occupancy in, any housing project receiving assistance under this act except for any housing project constructed under a governmental program restricting occupancy of at least 90% of the dwelling units to persons 62 years of age or older and any members of their immediate households or their occupant surviving spouses, or constructed as a retirement subdivision or retirement community as defined in the "Retirement Community Full Disclosure Act," P.L.1968, c. 215 (C. 45:22A-1 et seq.). Any person who violates the provisions of this section is a disorderly person. L.1983, c. 530, s. 44, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-9 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-9
Housing sponsors; action or proceeding by agency to enforce rights; appointment of receiver; reorganizations
Status: in_force

a. The agency may institute any action or proceeding against any housing sponsor receiving a loan under the provisions hereof, or owning any housing project hereunder in any court of competent jurisdiction in order to enforce the provisions of this act, or to foreclose its mortgage, or to protect the public interest, the tenants, the stockholders or creditors of the sponsor. In connection with any such action or proceeding it may apply for the appointment of a receiver to take over, manage, operate and maintain the affairs of the housing sponsor, and the agency, through the agent as it shall designate, is authorized to accept appointment as receiver of the sponsor when so appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction. b. The reorganization of any housing sponsor shall be subject to the supervision and control of the agency, and no reorganization shall be had without the consent of the agency. Upon a reorganization, the amount of capitalization, including stocks, income debentures and bonds and other evidences of indebtedness, shall be as authorized by the agency, but not in excess of the fair value of the property received. L.1983, c. 530, s. 9, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 55:18-4 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-4
Terms of lease
Status: in_force

A lease entered into under authority of this act shall specify: a. The term of the lease and the conditions, if any, under which the lessee may be entitled to renewal thereof or to the exercise of an option to purchase the leased property upon expiration, or during the term, of the lease. Such option to purchase shall be nontransferable. b. The annual rental to be paid to the municipality, and the manner of payment. c. The date, or a series of dates, running from the date of execution of the lease, upon which the rehabilitation or conversion, or specified stages thereof, shall be completed. d. The number and type of dwelling units to be provided in the rehabilitated or converted structure or structures, including the respective numbers of units to be provided for single occupancy and for families of varying sizes, together with the facilities to be provided in each unit, or in varying types and sizes of units, and in common areas or for common use of all tenants. e. The schedule of rents to be charged for units of varying type, size and location, which schedule shall be subject to the provisions of section 6 of this act. f. The interest on the fair market value of the property and structure, as determined at the time of execution of the lease to which interest the municipality shall be entitled upon purchase by the lessee pursuant to options, or on any terms provided for in the lease or by the terms of this act. g. Any other terms and conditions not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, or of any other law, to which the lessor municipality and lessee may agree. L.1983, c. 335, s. 4, eff. Sept. 2, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-24 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-24
Allocation of state ceiling on aggregate amount of qualified mortgage bonds under I.R.C. s. 103A(g) to agency
Status: in_force

For purposes of subsection (g) of section 103A of the federal Internal Revenue Code of 1954, as amended, the State ceiling on the aggregate amount of qualified mortgage bonds which may be issued in the State shall be allocated 100% to the agency. L.1983, c. 530, s. 24, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.
N.J. Stat. § 55:18-6 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-6
Schedule of rents
Status: in_force

a. A schedule of rents under subsection e. of section 4 of this act shall provide for total revenue sufficient to meet the necessary operating costs, debt service and other necessary commitments of the lessee over the entire term of the lease, including surcharges permitted under section 7 of this act; but shall not exceed amounts feasible for the accommodation of tenants of low and moderate income. b. The schedule of rents may provide for adjustment of rents in accordance with income levels, family size, or extraordinary financial hardships of particular tenants, in order to assure adequate accommodation of the housing needs of persons of low and moderate income. c. The schedule of rents shall not be altered during the term of the lease without consent of the lessor municipality, except as the lease may provide for automatic adjustments based on established operating costs; and the lease shall specify the manner in which such alterations may be from time to time proposed, negotiated, and allowed or disallowed. L.1983, c. 335, s. 6, eff. Sept. 2, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-5.5 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-5.5
Occupancy status, information access; shelter operator duties.
Status: in_force

1. The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency shall allow operators of shelters for the homeless and selected local information and referral providers who place persons in the shelters to have access to real-time information about the occupancy status of shelter beds in the State, as collected by the Homeless Management Information System, in order to determine the availability of shelter beds in the community or within a certain geographic area. Shelter operators shall update information in the Homeless Management Information System about the availability of shelter beds not later than one hour after a bed becomes available, or an available bed has been filled. The provisions of this section shall not apply to shelters for victims of domestic violence. L.2021, c.440, s.1.
N.J. Stat. § 55:18-9 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 18 / Section 18-9
Waiver of requirements by municipality; conditions
Status: in_force

In order to avoid redundant or conflicting regulation, the municipal governing body may waive any requirement pursuant to the provisions of this act upon finding that the requirements for a federal or State program for provision of low- and moderate-income housing in which the resident first-time homebuyer or housing corporation is to participate and to which the property in question is to be subject fulfills the general purpose of the requirement waived or that the requirement if not waived would prevent or impede participation in the federal or State program. L.1983, c. 335, s. 9, eff. Sept. 2, 1983.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14J-49 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14J / Section 14J-49
Maintenance of appropriations in mortgage assistance fund
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed and it shall be his duty to set up and maintain the aforementioned appropriations in the Mortgage Assistance Fund, established heretofore pursuant to the act to which this act is a supplement. The funds herein appropriated may be requisitioned by the Department of Community Affairs for the uses and purposes specified herein, subject to the same restrictions and control as are exercised over all other appropriated State funds, but not inconsistent with the provisions of said act. L.1976, c. 133, s. 9, eff. Dec. 27, 1976.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-7.3 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-7.3
Tenants forum; State-subsidized rental housing, complaints.
Status: in_force

1. a. The agency shall require every manager of rental housing which has been financed, in whole or in part, by the agency or any other State entity, to arrange meetings, to be held at least once every three months, with notification to tenants residing in such housing in order to provide a forum for the tenants to discuss complaints that the tenants may have concerning the rental housing. For the purposes of this section, "rental housing" means a multiple dwelling as defined in section 3 of P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-3). b. Each meeting shall take place on the site of the rental housing at a time convenient for the tenants, although if the property has no suitable facility to accommodate the attendees, the meeting shall take place at a suitable nearby facility which is open to the public, such as a public library. c. The tenants of a building, by a majority vote, may waive the holding of any meeting required pursuant to this section. This section shall not apply to any property which is owned by a public housing authority, other than the Department of Community Affairs when acting as a public housing authority. L.2007,c.8.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13B-8.1 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13B / Section 13B-8.1
Cooperative sober living residences, requirements.
Status: in_force

5. The commissioner shall, in consultation with the Commissioner of Health and the Commissioner of Human Services, require cooperative sober living residences to: a. provide two operators who are certified as meeting qualifications, established by the commissioner, requisite to manage the operations of a cooperative sober living house, which include, but are not limited to, enforcing the rules of the cooperative sober living residence and assisting residents in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction in a manner to be determined by the commissioner and consistent with subsection c. of this section, one of whom shall be present on-site from 7:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. when residents are present and at least one of whom shall reside in the residence and exercise some level of control over the operation of the residence and establishes the residence's rules; b. forbid possession or use of alcohol or illicit drugs within the residence and subject residents to random testing for alcohol and drug use; and c. encourage residents to: attend self-help programs that are centered on recovery from alcohol and drug addiction; participate in activities related to maintaining sobriety and continuing recovery from alcohol and drug addiction, including, but not limited to, on-site peer-led meetings; and receive off-site services deemed desirable or necessary to maintain sobriety. L.2025, c.60, s.5.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-31 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-31
Rules, regulations.
Status: in_force

3. The Commissioner of Health, in consultation with the Department of Community Affairs, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.) shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the purposes of this act. L.2020, c.37, s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 55:13A-26.2 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 13A / Section 13A-26.2
Appropriation for Revolving Housing Development and Demonstration Grant Fund
Status: in_force

In the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1993, and in each fiscal year thereafter, there shall be appropriated to the Revolving Housing Development and Demonstration Grant Fund established by section 5 of P.L.1967, c.82 (C.52:27D-63) an amount not less than the amount by which hotel and multiple dwelling inspection program costs during the next preceding fiscal year exceeded inspection fee revenue under the program received by the Department of Community Affairs during Fiscal Year 1991. L.1991,c.179,s.3.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14G-29.1 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14G / Section 14G-29.1
Disposition of proceeds of sale of emergency housing or emergency housing projects
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary: all net State revenues, proceeds of sale or other receipts hereafter to be derived, obtained or received from the operations or sale of any emergency housing or emergency housing project heretofore erected or hereafter to be created under chapter three hundred twenty-three of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and forty-six, as amended and supplemented, shall be paid into the State treasury and become part of the General State Fund, available for general State purposes. L.1950, c. 264, p. 909, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14G-33 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14G / Section 14G-33
Emergency housing; extension of contract
Status: in_force

Whenever, under the authority of the act hereby supplemented, the governing body of any municipality, by resolution, shall find that a need for emergency housing continues in such municipality and shall file a certified copy of such resolution with the administrator, any contract theretofore entered into by such municipality with the said administrator pursuant to said act shall, thereupon be extended and shall continue in full force and effect during the period of the emergency as so extended by such resolution, but not in excess of the 2-year period provided for in the act hereby supplemented, notwithstanding any terms or conditions of such contract and any provisions of said act to the contrary. L.1954, c. 206, p. 766, s. 1.
N.J. Stat. § 55:14K-110 — NJ Code / Title 55 / Chapter 14K / Section 14K-110
Tax credit transfer certificate, selling, assigning abilities, limitations.
Status: in_force

7. a. A purchaser may apply to the agency and the director for a tax credit transfer certificate in lieu of the purchaser being allowed to apply any amount of the tax credit against the purchaser's State tax liability. A tax credit may be sold or assigned, in full or in part, to another person that may have a tax liability pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1945, c.162 (C.54:10A-5), sections 2 and 3 of P.L.1945, c.132 (C.54:18A-2 and C.54:18A-3), section 1 of P.L.1950, c.231 (C.17:32-15), or N.J.S.17B:23-5. The tax credit transfer certificate provided to the purchaser shall include a statement waiving the purchaser's right to claim the credit that the purchaser has elected to sell or assign. b. The purchaser shall not sell or assign a tax credit transfer certificate allowed under this section for consideration received by the purchaser of less than 80 percent of the transferred credit amount before considering any further discounting to present value which shall be permitted. The tax credit transfer certificate issued to a purchaser by the director shall be subject to any limitations and conditions imposed on the application of State tax credits pursuant to section 6 of P.L.2025, c.111 (C.55:14K-109) and any other terms and conditions that the director may prescribe. c. A buyer or assignee of a tax credit transfer certificate pursuant to this section shall not make any subsequent transfers, assignments, or sales of the tax credit transfer certificate. d. Ten percent of the consideration received by a purchaser from the sale or assignment of a tax credit transfer certificate pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the director and deposited in the General Fund of the State. e. The agency shall publish on its Internet website the following information concerning each tax credit transfer certificate approved by the agency and the director pursuant to this section: (1) the name of the transferor; (2) the name of the transferee; (3) the value of the tax credit transfer certificate; (4) the State tax against which the transferee may apply the tax credit; and (5) the consideration received by the transferor. L.2025, c.111, s.7.