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DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 charge for any credit check) may not exceed five (5%) percent of the monthly rental of the applicable restricted unit and shall be payable to the Administrative Agent to be applied to the costs of administering the controls in this section as applicable to the unit. (Ord. No. 2250-09 § XIV) 25-18.14 Tenant Income Eligibility Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1. Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.13, tenant income eligibility shall be determined as follows: a. Low-income rental units shall be reserved for households with a gross household income less than or equal to fifty (50%) percent of median income. Moderate-income rental units shall be reserved for households with a gross household income less than eighty (80%) percent of median income. Very-low-income rental units shall be reserved for households with a gross household income of thirty (30%) percent or less of median income. b. The Administrative Agent shall certify a household as eligible for a restricted rental unit when the household is a low-income household or a moderate-income household, as applicable to the unit, and the rent proposed for the unit does not exceed thirty-five (35%) percent (forty (40%) percent for age-restricted units) of the household's eligible monthly income as determined pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.16; provided, however, that this limit may be exceeded if one or more of the following circumstances exists: 1. The household currently pays more than thirty-five (35%) percent (forty (40%) percent for households eligible for age-restricted units) of its gross household income for rent and the proposed rent will reduce its housing costs; 2. The household has consistently paid more than thirty-five (35%) percent (forty (40%) percent for households eligible for age-restricted units) of eligible monthly income for rent in the past and has proven its ability to pay; 3. The household is currently in substandard or overcrowded living conditions; 4. The household documents the existence of assets, with which the household proposes to supplement the rent payments; or 5. The household documents proposed third-party assistance from an outside source such as a family member in a form acceptable to

roposes to supplement the rent payments; or 5. The household documents proposed third-party assistance from an outside source such as a family member in a form acceptable to the administrative agent and the owner of the unit. c. The applicant shall file documentation sufficient to establish the existence of the circumstances in paragraph b. above with the Administrative Agent, who shall counsel the household on budgeting. (Ord. No. 2250-09 § XV) 25-18.15 Municipal Housing Liaison. a. COAH requires West Orange to appoint a specific municipal employee to serve as a Municipal Housing Liaison responsible for administering its affordable housing program, including affordability controls and the Affirmative Marketing Plan, and, where applicable, supervising any Administrative Agent. West Orange adopted an ordinance creating the position of Municipal Housing Liaison. West Orange adopted a resolution on May 23, 2006 appointing a Municipal Housing Liaison. Subject to the approval of COAH, the Municipal Housing Liaison shall be appointed by the Governing Body and may be a full or part time municipal employee. b. The Municipal Housing Liaison shall be responsible for oversight and administration of the affordable housing program for West Orange, including the following responsibilities which may not be contracted out, exclusive of paragraph 6 which may be contracted out: 98