Title 55, Title 55: TENEMENT HOUSES AND PUBLIC HOUSING

55:14E-5.1. Corporation to provide written notice of development project a. The executive director or other chief executive officer of a corporation or entity which makes application to develop a project pursuant to the provisions of the "Urban Redevelopment Law," P.L.1946, c.52 …

55:14F-10. Housing accommodations outside municipal limits in conjunction with other municipalities Any municipality which desires to provide temporary or permanent housing for its veterans or other citizens in accordance with the provisions of the act to which this act is a supp…

55:14G-17.1. Bonds of municipality for emergency housing authorized Notwithstanding the provisions of section seventeen or any other section of the act to which this act is a supplement, or of article one of chapter twenty-seven of Title 52, State Government, Departments, Officer…

55:14G-17.2. "Emergency Housing Bonds" ; ordinance; provisions; interest; computation of net debt Bonds authorized or issued pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be known as "Emergency Housing Bonds," and shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per centum (6%) per…

55:14G-27. Report by Administrator to Commissioner of Taxation and Finance It shall be the duty of the administrator of the Public Housing and Development Authority, constituted by the act to which this act is a supplement, to file with the Commissioner of Taxation and Finance, n…

55:14G-28. Repeal Sections nineteen and twenty of chapter three hundred twenty-three of the laws of one thousand nine hundred and forty-six are repealed. L.1949, c. 186, p. 624, s. 3.

55:14G-29. "State Housing Fund of 1949" All net revenues or proceeds of sale to be derived, obtained or received from the operations or sale of any emergency housing or emergency housing project heretofore or hereafter to be erected under this act shall be paid into the State tre…

55:14G-29.1. Disposition of proceeds of sale of emergency housing or emergency housing projects Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law to the contrary: all net State revenues, proceeds of sale or other receipts hereafter to be derived, obtained or received from the opera…

55:14G-30. Offenses Any person who attempts to or obtains financial aid for a project hereunder or occupancy of a dwelling unit therein by false or misleading information, or who shall willfully violate this act, or who shall fraudulently obtain or attempt to obtain moneys from t…

55:14G-31. Extension of temporary emergency housing contracts upon finding of need by municipal governing body; new contracts If, under the authority of the act hereby supplemented, the governing body of any municipality, by resolution, shall find that a need for temporary emerge…

55:14G-32. Effective date; duration of act This act shall take effect immediately and shall continue in full force and effect so long as any of the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement continues in force and effect. L.1954, c. 25, p. 87, s. 2.

55:14G-33. Emergency housing; extension of contract Whenever, under the authority of the act hereby supplemented, the governing body of any municipality, by resolution, shall find that a need for emergency housing continues in such municipality and shall file a certified copy of …

55:14G-34. Effective date; duration of act This act shall take effect immediately and shall continue in full force and effect so long as any of the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement, continues in force and effect. L.1954, c. 206, p. 766, s. 2.

55:14G-35. Emergency housing; extension Whenever, under the authority of the act hereby supplemented, the governing body of any municipality, by resolution, shall find that a need for emergency housing continues in such municipality and shall file a certified copy of such resolut…

55:14G-36. Effective date; duration This act shall take effect immediately and shall continue in full force and effect until June 1, 1956. L.1955, c. 50, p. 167, s. 2.

55:14H-5. Powers and duties of council The Council shall have power to make, amend, modify and repeal, such reasonable rules and regulations as it may deem necessary: (a) to adequately effectuate the provisions of this act; (b) for the exercise by the Authority of the functions, …

55:14H-6. Division of State into areas; allocation of aid from funds available The Council shall, for the purposes of this act, divide the State into areas on the basis of which allocation of funds, by way of aid or subsidy, may be made as herein provided. In establishing such ar…

55:14I-6.1. Disclosure statements to senior citizen housing residents 1. Every nonprofit corporation owning or operating a senior citizen rental housing project pursuant to the provisions of P.L.1965, c.92 (C.55:14I-1 et seq.) shall give to each lessee at the time of the signing …

55:14J-2.1. Legislative findings and declarations The Legislature hereby finds and declares that blighted areas exist throughout the State; that one effective method of alleviating blight is to increase the supply of adequate, safe and sanitary housing available to persons of low…

55:14J-41. Definitions Except as the context may otherwise require: a. "Department" means the Department of Community Affairs. b. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs. c. "Commission" means the New Jersey Commission on Capital Budgeting and…

55:14J-42. Mortgage assistance account There is hereby created and established in the department a "Mortgage Assistance Account" which shall consist of: a. All moneys derived from the sale of the "State Mortgage Assistance Bonds" and appropriated from the proceeds of such bond sa…

55:14J-43. Payment to housing finance agency for reserve fund The Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs is authorized to pay from the mortgage assistance account to the New Jersey Housing Finance Agency $6,000,000.00 for deposit in one or more reserve funds to assis…

55:14J-44. Return of funds free of pledge or lien; retention of earnings To the extent that moneys paid to the New Jersey Housing Finance Agency pursuant to section 3 of this act have been paid into any reserve fund or funds created by the New Jersey Housing Finance Agency, all m…

55:14J-46. Financial assistance for senior citizens and low or moderate income families and for qualified housing developments The commissioner is authorized to utilize $3,000,000.00 from the Mortgage Assistance Account for the purpose of granting financial assistance, including …

55:14J-47. Rules and regulations; review of findings and recommendations of commission by commissioner The commissioner shall issue and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary and appropriate to carry out the provisions of this act. The commissioner shall review an…

55:14J-48. Appropriations from proceeds of sale of bonds for expenses There is also appropriated from the proceeds of the sale of the bonds hereinbefore mentioned such sums as may be necessary to meet any expense incurred by the issuing officials under the act hereinafter mention…

55:14J-49. Maintenance of appropriations in mortgage assistance fund The State Treasurer is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed and it shall be his duty to set up and maintain the aforementioned appropriations in the Mortgage Assistance Fund, established heretofore pursuan…

55:14J-50. Federal grants; establishment and maintenance of mortgage assistance fund The commissioner is hereby empowered to enter into negotiations with the Federal Government for the purpose of securing any available financial grants and to receive any such grants and thereafte…

55:14J-51. Report to and consultation with legislative committee prior to entry into agreement Not less than 30 days prior to the commissioner entering into any contract, lease, obligation, or agreement to effectuate the purposes of this act the commissioner shall report to and c…

55:14K-1. Short title This act shall be known as and may be cited as the "New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency Law of 1983." L.1983, c. 530, s. 1, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.

55:14K-10. Foreclosure action; parties defendant; entry of judgment; conditions; orders; qualification of buyers; other judgments; notices prior to sale a. In any foreclosure action involving a housing sponsor other than a foreclosure action instituted by the agency, the agency a…

55:14K-100 Grants to eligible applicants. 7. a. The agency may make grants to eligible applicants, including, but not limited to, non-profit housing sponsors, municipalities or other governmental entities utilizing funds provided by P.L.2021, c.34 (C.55:14K-94 et al.) or otherwis…

55:14K-101 Authority of agency. 8. a. The agency is authorized to defend and indemnify the federal government, any department, board, body, agency or other entity thereof, the Government National Mortgage Association and its successors and assigns, the Federal National Mortgage A…

55:14K-102 Prospective homebuyer, enrolled, home buying assistance program, priority consideration. 5. A prospective homebuyer enrolled in another home buying assistance program administered by the agency shall receive priority consideration in the purchase of a residential prope…

55:14K-103 "Urban Preservation Program," "Urban Preservation Fund" established, definitions. 1. a. (1) There is established in the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency a program to be known as the "Urban Preservation Program" for the purpose of allocating available mone…

55:14K-104 Definitions. 1. As used in P.L.2023, c.78 (C.55:14K-104 et al.): "Agency" means the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency established pursuant to section 4 of P.L.1983, c.530 (C.55:14K-4). "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Community Affairs. "Department…

55:14K-105 Zero-interest, forgivable loan program, down payment assistance; rules, regulations; report to Governor, Legislature. 2. a. There is established in the agency a zero-interest, forgivable loan program to provide down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers to achie…

55:14K-106 Definitions. 3. As used in sections 4 through 7 of P.L.2025, c.111 (C.55:14K-107 through 55:14K-110): "Agency" means the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, established pursuant to P.L.1983, c.530 (C.55:14K-1 et seq.). " Director" means the Director of the …

55:14K-107 Tax credits to be sold by the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, competitive auctions. 4. a. (1) Beginning on the effective date of P.L.2025, c.111 (C.55:14K-106 et al.), the agency shall sell up to $500,000,000 in tax credits over the course of no more th…

55:14K-108 Tax credit purchaser, contract, New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency. 5. A purchaser that submits a successful bid for the purchase of tax credits pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2025, c.111 (C.55:14K-107) shall enter into a contract with the agency that include…

55:14K-109 Tax credit purchaser, application, State tax liability, privilege period. 6. a. A purchaser shall apply a credit awarded pursuant to section 4 of P.L.2025, c.111 (C.55:14K-107) against the purchaser's State tax liability due pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1945, c.162 (C.…

55:14K-11. Loans to institutional lenders a. The agency may make loans to institutional lenders in order to furnish funds to institutional lenders to make eligible loans; but an eligible loan for a housing project shall be subject to all the provisions of this act applicable to a…

55:14K-110 Tax credit transfer certificate, selling, assigning abilities, limitations. 7. a. A purchaser may apply to the agency and the director for a tax credit transfer certificate in lieu of the purchaser being allowed to apply any amount of the tax credit against the purchas…

55:14K-12. Purchase and sale of eligible loans by agency a. The agency in order to encourage the development, operation, construction, improvement, and rehabilitation of an adequate supply of affordable housing, shall have the power: (1) to make and to purchase or participate in …

55:14K-13 Life safety improvement loans. 13. a. In order to encourage the construction, acquisition and rendering of life safety improvements at or to boarding houses, the agency is hereby authorized to finance by life safety improvement loans the construction, acquisition and re…

55:14K-14. Boarding house rental assistance fund There is hereby established in the Department of Community Affairs a fund to be known as the "Boarding House Rental Assistance Fund." The fund shall be under the control of the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs. T…