Public Township Council Meeting — Packet

DRAFT PROPOSED REVISIONS – OCTOBER 2011 1. Serving as West Orange's primary point of contact for all inquiries from the State, affordable housing providers, Administrative Agents, and interested households; 2. Monitoring the status of all restricted units in West Orange's Fair Share Plan; 3. Compiling, verifying, and submitting annual reports as required by COAH; 4. Coordinating meetings with affordable housing providers and Administrative Agents, as applicable; 5. Attending continuing education opportunities on affordability controls, compliance monitoring, and affirmative marketing as offered or approved by COAH; 6. If applicable, serving as the Administrative Agent for some or all of the restricted units in West Orange. West Orange will contract with or authorize a consultant, authority, government or any agency charged by the Governing Body, which entity shall have the responsibility of administering the affordable housing program of West Orange, except for those responsibilities which may not be contracted out as described above. If West Orange will contract with another entity to administer all or any part of the affordable housing program, including the affordability controls and Affirmative Marketing Plan, the Municipal Housing Liaison shall supervise the contracting Administrative Agent. (Ord. No. 2250-09 § XVI) 25-18.16 Administrative Agent for West Orange's Affordable Housing Units. The affordability controls set forth in this section shall be administered and enforced by the Administrative Agent. The primary responsibility of the Administrative Agent shall be to ensure that the restricted units under administration are sold or rented, as applicable, only to low- and moderate-income households. a. The Administrative Agent shall create and shall publish in plain English, and in such other languages as may be appropriate to serving its client base, a written operating manual, as approved by COAH, setting forth procedures for administering such affordability controls, including procedures for long-term control of restricted units; for enforcing the covenants of N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.18 and for releasing restricted units promptly at the conclusion of applicable control periods. The Administrative Agent shall have authority to

enforcing the covenants of N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.18 and for releasing restricted units promptly at the conclusion of applicable control periods. The Administrative Agent shall have authority to take all actions necessary and appropriate to carrying out its responsibilities hereunder. The operating manual shall have a separate and distinct chapter or section setting forth the process for identifying applicant households seeking certification to restricted units, for reviewing applicant household eligibility, and for certifying applicant households in accordance with the household certification and referral requirements set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.16. b. The Administrative Agent shall establish and maintain a ready database of applicant households as a referral source for certifications to restricted units, and shall establish written procedures to ensure that selection among applicant households be via the database, and in accordance with a uniformly applied random selection process and all applicable State and Federal laws relating to the confidentiality of applicant records. c. The municipality in which restricted units are located shall select one or more Administrative Agents for those units. A municipality itself (through a designated municipal employee, department, board, agency or committee) may elect to serve as the Administrative Agent for some or all restricted units in the municipality, or the municipality may select HAS or an experienced private entity approved by the Division, the Agency or COAH to serve as Administrative Agent for some or all restricted units in the municipality. The foregoing approval by COAH or the Division is to be based on the private entity's demonstration of the 99