New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 80 - NEW JERSEY HOUSING AND MORTGAGE FINANCE AGENCY
Subchapter 7 - TENANT SELECTION STANDARDS
Section 5:80-7.4 - Non-discrimination

(a) Owners must comply with all Federal, State or local fair housing and civil rights laws and regulations and with all equal opportunity requirements set forth in 55:14K-1 et seq., Agency regulations, and HUD's administrative procedures. Federal and State laws provide that owners may not discriminate based upon race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age or handicap. Any complaints alleging violations of civil rights laws will be referred to the Agency or to HUD's Regional Offices of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity for possible compliance actions.

(b) Owners must also comply with requirements imposed in Agency and HUD program statutes, regulations and administrative procedures. These administrative requirements prohibit restrictions on certain classes of persons. Examples of prohibited practices are shown in Exhibit A. This figure is not intended to be all inclusive.

(c) Owners are subject to all civil rights laws and Agency and HUD administrative requirements on non-discrimination. These civil rights laws and administrative requirements apply to the process of accepting applications and selecting tenants from among eligible applicants as well as to the process of assigning units. Under civil rights laws, an owner may not place minority tenants in one part of the project and non-minority tenants in another part.

(d) In partially assisted Section 8 projects (that is, those with less than 100 percent of the units under a Section 8 contract), HUD administratively requires that assisted tenants must be dispersed throughout the project. Note: In projects designed for both elderly and non-elderly families, owners may place elderly and non-elderly families in separate areas of the project.