Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblywoman LINDA S. CARTER
District 22 (Somerset and Union)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Morales, Assemblymen Schaer and Bailey
SYNOPSIS
Requires application option enhancement for certain housing, shelter, and rental assistance administered by DCA.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning application options for certain State-administered housing, shelter, and rental assistance and supplementing P.L.1966, c.293 (C.52:27D-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall require that applicants for any housing, shelter, or rental assistance programs administered by the Department of Community Affairs, including but not limited to, rental assistance that is administered by the department and authorized pursuant to section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. s.1437f), the State rental assistance program, established pursuant to P.L.2004, c.140 (C.52:27D-287.1 et seq.), and any other similar State-administered programs related to housing, shelter, or rental assistance, are not limited to online application options. The commissioner shall ensure, to the extent permitted by federal law, that a person is able to apply through regular mail, electronic mail, in-person delivery, or fax.
2. This act shall take effect on the first day of the third month next following enactment, except the commissioner may take any anticipatory administrative action in advance as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
STATEMENT
This bill requires the Commissioner of Community Affairs to ensure that applicants for any housing, shelter, or rental assistance programs administered by the Department of Community Affairs, including but not limited to, rental assistance that is administered by the department and authorized pursuant to section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. s.1437f), the State rental assistance program, established pursuant to P.L.2004, c.140 (C.52:27D-287.1 et seq.), and any other similar State-administered programs related to housing, shelter, or rental assistance, are not limited to online application options. Additionally, the bill directs the commissioner to require that a person is able to apply through regular mail, electronic mail, in-person delivery, or fax.