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New Jersey Statutes, Title: 52, STATE GOVERNMENT, DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS

    Chapter 27d: Establishment

      Section: 52:27d-373: Qualifications for grants

           In order to qualify for a grant, a neighborhood housing services corporation or umbrella corporation shall:

a. Submit an application to the department on a form prescribed by the commissioner, which shall include the following information:

(1) A description of the geographic boundaries served by the neighborhood housing services corporation or neighborhood housing services program;

(2) Certification that the applicant is governed by a Board of Directors which is composed of neighborhood residents, representatives of local financial institutions and where not inconsistent with local law, representatives of local political subdivisions;

(3) Certification that the applicant is currently registered with the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation if appropriate;

(4) Certification of incorporation under Title 15A of the New Jersey Statutes;

(5) Certification of receipt of a current ruling from the Internal Revenue Service of the United States Department of the Treasury that the applicant is an organization which is exempt from federal income taxation; and

(6) Certification that the remaining two-thirds portion of the applicant's annual operating budget has been provided exclusively from political subdivisions or private sources pursuant to section 9 of this act;

b. Demonstrate, to the commissioner's satisfaction, the corporation's capacity to establish, and administer a revolving loan fund as provided in section 7 of this act; and

c. Provide the department with an outline of a plan to administer and establish, in cooperation with appropriate officials of the political subdivision, a housing program to bring neighborhood dwellings to acceptable levels of health and safety, indicating how the moneys are to be disbursed and at what terms and rates of interest. The plan shall include, but not be limited to: (1) criteria under which the credit worthiness of applicant homeowners shall be determined, consonant with the purposes of this act; (2) procedures for securing loans made to homeowners pursuant to this act; and (3) criteria to ensure that displacement of residential tenants is minimized, adequate tenant relocation assistance is provided and that the provisions of P.L. 1974, c. 49 (C. 2A:18-61.1 et al.), P.L. 1975, c. 311 (C. 2A:18-61.6 et al.), P.L. 1978, c. 139 (C. 2A:18-61.13 et seq.), P.L. 1971, c. 362 (C. 20:4-1 et seq.), P.L. 1967, c. 79 (C. 52:31B-1 et seq.) and P.L. 1981, c. 226 (C. 2A:18-61.22 et seq.) are complied with.

L. 1987, c. 50, s. 8.



This section added to the Rutgers Database: 2012-09-26 13:37:56.






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