New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 42 - STATE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Subchapter 5 - PROJECT-BASED VOUCHER PROGRAM
Section 5:42-5.1 - Project Based Voucher Program
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 5:42-5.1
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
(a) S-RAP requirements for the Project-Based Voucher Program are as follows:
1. The annual allocation shall not be less
than 17 percent of the appropriation.
2. Eligible uses shall include existing
housing, new construction, and substantial rehabilitation.
3. The term of assistance shall be up to 10
years, contingent upon continued compliance with Housing Quality Standard
(24 CFR
982.401), and terms and conditions of S-RAP
contract.
4. Project selection
method shall include:
i. Requests for
proposals; and
ii. Projects that
will serve the special needs populations and can document that appropriate
supportive services are available may apply for funds on an on-going revolving
basis up to 25 percent of the project-based allocation.
5. Requests for proposals will be accepted
from the following agencies:
i. Non-profit
organizations; and
ii. Low-Income
Housing Tax Credits Projects.
6. Eligible Tenants shall include Division of
Youth Family Service families, working poor, elderly and special needs
households.
7. The program shall be
targeted towards households earning up to 40 percent of county median income;
families in place may have income up to 80 percent of the area median
income.
8. No more than 25 percent
of units in a building may have a project-based voucher or any other Federal
project-based housing assistance. Exceptions to this cap are:
i. Project-based dwelling units in single
family (one to four unit) properties;
ii. Units in a multifamily building (five or
more units) set-aside for elderly or disabled families; and
iii. Units in a multifamily building
set-aside for families participating in a voucher project-based certificate, or
public housing Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program who are in compliance with
or have completed their FSS contract of participation.
9. For under-occupied units, the families may
be eligible for a S-RAP voucher, if available, to relocate from a project-based
assistance PBA unit to another unit. The family may remain in the PBA unit for
one year, an extended term to be determined on a case-by-case basis.
10. All project based units shall be
inspected for Housing Quality Standards and must pass inspection before initial
occupancy and at lease annually for the term of the contract.
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