New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 13 - LIMITED DIVIDEND AND NONPROFIT HOUSING CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS AND URBAN RENEWAL ENTITIES
Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 5:13-1.9 - Applications for dwelling leases and rentals

(a) Housing sponsors shall maintain an adequate supply of applications for leases in a form approved by the Authority in which specific provisions shall be made to disclose priority status of applicants as provided for in 5:13-1.5, Tenant application, selection and priorities.

(b) Any person shall be permitted to file an application.

(c) All applicants shall be filed in duplicate.

(d) No conditions shall be imposed on any applicant in connection with the filing or execution of application forms.

(e) A copy of these regulations shall be maintained at any place at which a housing sponsor solicits or accepts applications, and shall be available to applicants upon request.

(f) Each application shall be dated and numbered serially as received; excepting, however, those applications disclosing priority shall be numbered serially separately and bear the prefix "P" or, if HMFA priorities, the prefix "HMFA-P" to so indicate and shall be separately maintained and transmitted to the Authority for approval.

(g) The housing sponsor shall investigate the statements in the application regarding employment and income of all members of the tenant family by directing a written inquiry to their employers.

(h) For self-employed applicants, the housing sponsor shall obtain from the applicant a sworn statement of his last Federal Income Tax return.

(i) In the case of any other applicant, the housing sponsor shall obtain a sworn statement of the Federal Income Tax return when requested by the Authority to do so.

(j) If an applicant claims priority status the housing sponsor shall verify the statements, supporting such claim, including, if necessary, inquiry to the relocation, health or building officer of the municipality in which the applicant asserts he has been or is to be displaced or in which said applicant states he lives in a blighted area or substandard housing.

(k) Upon request of the Authority, the housing sponsor shall transmit copies of all applications to the Authority, indicating those that it proposes to accept.

(l) The Authority shall review each application submitted to it and shall approve or disapprove the recommendation of the housing sponsor.

(m) In any case in which the Authority has required submission of an application, no lease shall be executed or occupancy permitted until the application of the prospective tenant has been approved in writing by the Authority.

(n) Each lease shall contain a clause making the application a part thereof and providing that the housing sponsor may terminate the lease upon 30-day written notice, if the application is found to contain a material misrepresentation.