New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 55 - NEW JERSEY HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR VETERANS › Subchapter 2 - DEFINITIONS › Section 5:55-2.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall
				  have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Certificate of Good Standing" means a certificate certified under
				  the seal of the State Treasurer that attests to the legal status of business
				  entities, such as corporations and limited liability companies operating in New
				  Jersey.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Community
				  Affairs.
"Director" means the Director of the Division of Housing and
				  Community Resources in the Department.
"Disabled" means a person who fulfills the definition of having a
				  "disability" pursuant to section 3 of the "Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,"
				  42 U.S.C. §
										12102. The following documentation will be
				  acceptable to demonstrate that a veteran is disabled:
1. Benefits award letter from the United States Veterans
				  Administration;
2. Evidence of receipt of Retirement, Survivor, Disability
				  Insurance;
3. Evidence of receipt of Social Security Disability
				  Income;
4. Evidence of a Medicaid finding of disability-related
				  eligibility for in-home services;
5. Evidence of participation in a Federal or State program that
				  requires that the participant is disabled as defined in the Americans with
				  Disabilities Act of 1990;
6. Certification by a physician that the veteran is disabled
				  within the meaning of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990; or
7. Other documentation to demonstrate that the veteran is disabled
				  as defined in the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
"Division" means the Division of Housing and Community Resources
				  in the Department of Community Affairs.
"Eligible veteran" means a disabled or low-income veteran.
"Energy efficient features or equipment" means features or
				  equipment within a primary residence that help to reduce the amount of electricity
				  used to heat, cool, or ventilate the residence, including, but not limited to,
				  insulation, weather-stripping, air sealing, repaired heating systems, or duct
				  sealing.
"Family member" means a spouse, child, parent, sibling, aunt,
				  uncle, niece, nephew, first cousin, grandparent, grandchild, father-in-law,
				  mother-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, stepparent, stepchild, stepbrother,
				  stepsister, half-brother, or half-sister, whether the individual is related by
				  blood, marriage, or adoption.
" Low-income veteran" means a veteran occupying a household with a
				  gross household income equal to 50 percent or less of the median gross household
				  income for households of the same size, and within the same housing region, as
				  defined by subsection b. of section 4 of P.L. 1985, c. 222 (N.J.S.A.
				  52:27D-304).
"Primary residence" means a dwelling unit that is owned by the
				  eligible veteran or by a family member of the eligible veteran and occupied by the
				  eligible veteran as his or her principle residence.
"Qualified organization" means a nonprofit veterans' organization
				  that qualifies as a section 501(c)(3) or 501 (c)(19) tax exempt organization under
				  the Internal Revenue Code.
"Veteran" means any resident of the State who has been honorably
				  discharged or released under honorable circumstances from active service in any
				  branch of the armed forces of the United States, or any honorably discharged member
				  of the American Merchant Marine who served during World War II and is declared by
				  the United States Department of Defense to be eligible for Federal veterans'
				  benefits.