New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS
Chapter 80 - NEW JERSEY HOUSING AND MORTGAGE FINANCE AGENCY
Subchapter 9 - RENTS
Section 5:80-9.11 - Increase subject to hearing

(a) In projects not subject to HUD approval nor subject to automatic annual adjustments, if the Executive Director of the Agency approves a rent increase which exceeds the amounts specified in 5:80-9.9(a), in order to cover any purpose including but not limited to operating deficits, debt service arrears, reserves for repair and replacement delinquencies incurred during the preceding 12 months, inability to pay return on equity, increases in permitted return on equity and accelerated amortization of any supplemental financing, then any person, association or corporation aggrieved by such determination may file for a hearing by submitting a written request to the Executive Director. Housing sponsors shall give written notice to all tenants and cooperators affected by such rent increase approved by the Executive Director and of their opportunity to request a hearing. Persons, associations or corporations aggrieved by the increase must file their request for a hearing within 21 days of said notice.

(b) Upon receipt of a request for a hearing or upon his or her own initiative, the Executive Director shall request that the Office of Administrative Law conduct same. All hearings shall be conducted according to the procedures established by the Office of Administrative Law pursuant to 52:14B-10. When the date of the hearing has been established, housing sponsors shall provide notices, in a manner approved by the Agency, of the date, time, place and nature of said hearing to all tenants, cooperators and other persons requesting notice of said hearing. The scope of the hearing shall be limited to consideration of the amount in excess of the increases approvable by the Executive Director under 5:80-9.9(a). Upon review of the record submitted by the administrative law judge, the Agency members shall adopt, reject or modify the recommended decision and issue a final written order.

(c) The request for a hearing, or the hearing itself, shall in no way affect or delay the authority of the Executive Director to approve increases up to the amounts specified pursuant to 5:80-9.9(a). If the Executive Director approves an amount equal to or less than the amount calculated in accordance with 5:80-9.9(a), then no hearing is required.