Borough of Alpha, NJ Affordable Housing Program

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[Adopted 12-27-2017 by Ord. No. 2017-13]

§ 7-99 Municipal Housing Liaison; administrative agents.

Purpose. The purpose of this article is to create part of the required administrative mechanism for the execution of the responsibility of the Borough of Alpha to provide its fair share of the region's need for affordable housing pursuant to the Fair Housing Act of 1985.

Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

MUNICIPAL HOUSING LIAISON

The municipal employee charged by the program for the Borough of Alpha.

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

The entity responsible for administering the affordability controls on the very-low-, low- and moderate-income units created in the Borough of Alpha to ensure that all such restricted units are affirmatively marketed and sold or rented, as applicable, only to duly qualified very-low-, low- and moderate-income households.

Establishment of Municipal Housing Liaison position and compensation; powers and duties.

(1)

Establishment of position of Municipal Housing Liaison. There is hereby established the position of Municipal Housing Liaison for the Borough of Alpha.

(2)

Subject to the approval of the Superior Court in the matter of the Borough of Alpha, County of Warren, Docket No. HNT-L-316-15, the Municipal Housing Liaison shall be appointed by the governing body and may be a full- or part-time municipal employee.

(3)

The Municipal Housing Liaison shall be responsible for the oversight of the administration of the affordable housing program for the Borough of Alpha, including all of the following responsibilities which may not be contracted out:

(a)

Serving as Alpha's primary point of contact for all inquiries from the state, affordable housing providers, administrative agents, and interested households;

(b)

Monitoring the status of all restricted affordable housing units in Alpha;

(c)

Compiling, verifying, submitting to the Fair Share Housing Center and posting on the municipal website all required annual, mid-point and three-year look-back monitoring reports as required by the Court, consistent with the adopted affordable housing ordinance;

(d)

Coordinating meetings with affordable housing providers and the administrative agent(s), as applicable; and

(e)

Attending continuing education opportunities on affordability controls, compliance monitoring, and affirmative marketing offered by the Affordable Housing Professionals of New Jersey in conjunction with Rutgers University.

(4)

Subject to the Court's approval, Alpha may contract with or authorize a consultant, authority, governmental agency or other qualified entity charged by the governing body with all other responsibilities of administering the affordable housing program of the Borough of Alpha, except for those responsibilities which may not be contracted out pursuant to Subsection C above. The Municipal Housing Liaison shall supervise the contracting administrative agent(s), who shall provide regular updates to the Municipal Housing Liaison of their activities.

(5)

Compensation. Compensation shall be fixed by the governing body at the time of the appointment of the Municipal Housing Liaison.

Severability. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this article is adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of this article, but shall be confined in its effect to the section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or other part of this article directly involved in the controversy in which said judgment shall have been rendered, and all other provisions of this article shall remain in full force and effect.

Inconsistent ordinances repealed. All ordinances or parts of ordinances which are inconsistent with the provisions of this article are hereby repealed, but only to the extent of such inconsistencies.