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.
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 position of Municipal Housing Liaison. There is
hereby established the position of Municipal Housing Liaison for the
Borough of Alpha.
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.
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:
Serving as Alpha's primary point of contact for all inquiries
from the state, affordable housing providers, administrative agents,
and interested households;
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;
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.
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.
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.