New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 40 - HOUSING PREFERENCE FOR VETERANS AND SURVIVING SPOUSES
Subchapter 2 - HOUSING PREFERENCES
Section 5:40-2.1 - Housing preference; HMFA

1. For existing housing projects financed in whole or in part by HMFA, where an open waiting list for applications for housing units exists, or where such a list is opened or reopened in the future in order to accept additional applications, a preference must be created for veterans and surviving spouses. These preferences shall take priority over all other preferences.

2. For future housing projects that are financed in whole or in part by HMFA, a housing preference must be created for veterans and surviving spouses. These preferences shall take priority over all other preferences.

3. Within the preference for veterans and surviving spouses, HMFA shall have the discretion to implement more specific preferences; for example, to prioritize homeless veterans or disabled veterans based on an applicant's status as homeless or disabled, and may include family members who are the primary residential caregivers to disabled veterans and who are residing with them.

4. Veterans and surviving spouses must meet all eligibility criteria for a housing project.