New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 41 - HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION PROGRAM
Subchapter 2 - PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY
Section 5:41-2.4 - Period of assistance

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 5:41-2.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024

(a) No person who has become eligible for permanent rental assistance under the Housing Choice Voucher Program of the United States Housing Act of 1937, 42 U.S.C. § 1437(f) ( 24 CFR §§ 982.01 et seq.) or for any subsidized housing, which the household can afford shall continue to receive assistance under the Homelessness Prevention Program once the permanent rental assistance or subsidized housing becomes available.

(b) No person shall continue to receive assistance under the Homelessness Prevention Program for more than six months, nor shall any person receive assistance to pay more than three months' rental arrears, unless the Department of Community Affairs finds there to be sufficient extenuating circumstances to justify an extension.

(c) A household shall be eligible for assistance under the Homelessness Prevention Program more than once only if the problem causing the situation is not chronic or repetitive in nature. Any assistance given after the first award shall be in the form of a loan.

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