New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 42 - STATE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM › Subchapter 2 - TENANT SET-ASIDE › Section 5:42-2.1 - Tenant set aside preferences/tenant selection

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) Vouchers will be
				available under the State Rental Assistance Program (S-RAP), to be allocated as
				described below:
1. Tenant Set-Aside Preference:
				Families. Not less than 35 percent of the allocation shall be set aside for
				families. The Department shall establish county specific waiting lists dependent
				upon program funding. DCA will accept a pre-determined number of applicants and they
				will be selected on a first-come first-served basis.
2. Tenant Set-Aside Preference: Elderly. Not less
				than $ 7.5 million of the vouchers will be set-aside for the elderly population aged
				62 and older. The Department shall utilize a "lottery process" to randomly select
				participants from its existing Housing Choice Voucher waiting list. When the Housing
				Choice Voucher waiting list is exhausted, a county specific waiting list will be
				established for senior citizens age 62 and above. DCA will accept a pre-determined
				number of applicants and they will be selected on a first-come first-served
				basis.
3. Tenant Set-Aside Preference:
				Homeless Families. Not less than 22 percent of the vouchers will be set-aside for
				homeless families with children, graduates of transitional housing programs and
				households that are currently participating in a DCA-administered temporary housing
				assistance program and facing homelessness due to termination of funding. DCA will
				establish a separate waiting list for this set-aside. Admission to this waiting list
				shall be from referrals provided by:
i. The
				Division of Family Development at the Department of Human Services through the
				county-based administrative entities that is county board of social services,
				domestic violence and homeless shelters;
ii. Transitional housing programs (acknowledged by
				the DCA-S-RAP) with a certification that the applicant has successfully completed
				the program requirements and will graduate within 60 days; and
iii. Transfers of households who are currently on
				a DCA-administered temporary housing assistance program.
(1) These applicants will be selected from the
				waiting list with priority given to transfers from the DCA programs.
4. Tenant Set-Aside
				Preference: Project Based Assistance. Seventeen percent of the vouchers will be
				project-based for special initiatives that may include DCA/Division of Youth and
				Family Services initiatives and other special needs. DCA's existing Housing Choice
				Voucher waiting list and developer referrals will be used for the project-based
				assistance set-aside. Project-based assistance will be administered under a separate
				set of rules.
5. Tenant Set-Aside
				Preference: Disabled Individuals. Not less than 10 percent of vouchers will be
				set-aside for disabled head of households or spouse. DCA will establish a separate
				Statewide waiting list for this set-aside. DCA will accept a pre-determined number
				of applicants which will be selected on a first-come first-served basis.
6. Tenant Preference: Homeless Veterans. DCA shall
				apply a preference for homeless veterans. A homeless veteran's preference will be
				added to the homeless set-aside waiting list.
7. Tenant Preference: Low-Income Veterans. DCA
				shall apply a preference for veterans who were discharged following active-duty
				service in the U.S. Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, or Navy and have
				household income that does not exceed 30 percent of area median income. A veteran's
				preference will be added to the family set-aside tenant-based waiting
				list.