West Orange Township_Fourth Round HEFSP_Final Draft

In implementing the affirmative marketing plan, Administrative Agents shall designate an experienced staff person to provide counseling services to low- and moderate-income applicants on subjects such as budgeting, credit issues, mortgage qualification, rental lease requirements, and landlord/tenant law. The affirmative marketing plan shall describe the media to be used in advertising and publicizing the availability of housing. In developing the plan, the Administrative Agent shall consider the use of language translations. The affirmative marketing process for available affordable units shall begin at least four (4) months prior to expected occupancy. Applications for affordable housing shall be available in several locations, including, at a minimum, the county administrative building and/or the county library for each county within the housing region; the municipal administrative building(s) and the municipal library in the municipality in which the units are located: and the developer's sales office. Applications shall be mailed to prospective applicants upon request. The Court shall review and assess the effectiveness of West Orange's affirmative marketing program. 25-18.18 Household Certification and Referral; Related Project Information. No household may be referred to a restricted unit, or may receive a commitment with respect to a restricted unit, unless that household has received a signed and dated certification and has executed a certificate. The sources of income considered by the Administrative Agent shall be the types of regular income reported to the Internal Revenue Service and which can be used for mortgage loan approval. If the applicant household owns a primary residence with no mortgage on the property valued at or above the regional asset limit as published annually, a certificate of eligibility shall be denied unless the applicant's existing monthly housing costs exceed thirty-eight (38%) percent of the household's eligible monthly income. The Administrative Agent shall employ a random selection process when referring households for certification to affordable units. 25-18.19 Enforcement of Affordable Housing Regulations. By submitting to the jurisdiction of the Court, a municipality shall be deemed to have delegated to its Administrative Agent the day-to-day responsibility for implementing practices and procedures designed

bmitting to the jurisdiction of the Court, a municipality shall be deemed to have delegated to its Administrative Agent the day-to-day responsibility for implementing practices and procedures designed to ensure effective compliance with the controls set forth in this section. The municipality, however, shall retain the ultimate responsibility for ensuring effective compliance with this section. a. Administrative Agent practices and procedures shall include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, the following: 1. Securing from all developers and sponsors of restricted units, at the earliest point of contact in the processing of the project or development, written acknowledgement of the requirement that no restricted unit can be offered, or in any other way committed, to any person, other than a household duly certified to the unit by the Administrative Agent. 2. Requiring that all certified applicants for restricted units execute a certificate substantially in the form, as applicable, of either the ownership or rental certificates. 3. The posting annually in all rental properties, including two-family homes, of a notice as to the maximum permitted rent together with the telephone number of the Administrative Agent where complaints of excess rent can be made. 14 4844-7802-2092, v. 2