New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 40 - HOUSING PREFERENCE FOR VETERANS AND SURVIVING SPOUSES
Subchapter 2 - HOUSING PREFERENCES
Section 5:40-2.4 - Housing preference; county improvement authorities
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 5:40-2.4
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Housing projects operated by a county improvement authority created pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:37A-46 shall provide for a housing preference for homeless and disabled veterans, as set forth in this subsection.
1. For existing housing projects
undertaken by a county improvement authority, where an open waiting list 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
homeless and disabled veterans. This preference shall take priority over all
other preferences.
2. For future
housing projects undertaken by a county improvement authority, a housing
preference must be created for homeless and disabled veterans. This preference
shall take priority over all other preferences.
3. Within the preference for veterans, a
county improvement authority shall provide for a priority to applicants in the
following order:
i. Veterans who are both
homeless and disabled;
ii. Homeless
veterans; and
iii. Disabled
veterans. Any preference for veterans who are disabled shall include family
members who are the primary residential caregivers to such veterans and who are
residing with them.
4.
Veterans must meet all eligibility criteria for a housing project.
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