[Added 3-5-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-08]
A. The Township
of Lakewood has established the position of Municipal Housing Liaison.
The Township of Lakewood shall appoint a specific municipal employee
to serve as a Municipal Housing Liaison for purposes of administering
the Township’s affordable housing program. The Municipal Housing
Liaison shall be responsible for overseeing the Township’s affordable
housing program, including overseeing the administration of affordability
controls on the affordable units and the affirmative marketing of
available affordable units in accordance with the Township’s
Affirmative Marketing Plan; overseeing the Township’s rehabilitation
program and affordability assistance programs and fulfilling monitoring
and reporting requirements; and supervising administrative agent(s).
Lakewood Township shall adopt a resolution appointing the person to
fulfill the position of Municipal Housing Liaison. The Municipal Housing
Liaison shall be appointed by the Township Committee and may be a
full-time or part-time municipal employee. Compensation may be fixed
by the Township Committee at the time of appointment of the Municipal
Housing Liaison. The Municipal Housing Liaison shall be approved by
the Court and shall be duly qualified through a training program sponsored
by Affordable Housing Professionals of New Jersey before assuming
the duties of Municipal Housing Liaison.
B. The Municipal
Housing Liaison shall be responsible for oversight and administration
of the affordable housing program for Lakewood Township, including
the following responsibilities which may not be contracted out to
the administrative agent:
1. Serving
as Lakewood Township’s primary point of contact for all inquiries
from the state, affordable housing providers, administrative agents
and interested households;
2. Compiling,
verifying, submitting and posting all monitoring reports as required
by the Court and by this chapter;
3. Coordinating
meetings with affordable housing providers and administrative agents,
as needed; and
4. Attending
continuing education opportunities on affordability controls, compliance
monitoring and affirmative marketing at least annually and more often
as needed.
C. Subject
to the approval of the Court, the Township of Lakewood shall designate
one or more administrative agent(s) to administer and to affirmatively
market the affordable units constructed or rehabilitated in the Township
in accordance with UHAC and this chapter and to administer the Township’s
rental affordability program. An operating manual for each affordable
housing program shall be provided by the administrative agent(s) to
be adopted by resolution of the Township Committee and subject to
approval of the Court. The operating manual(s) shall be available
for public inspection in the office of the Township Clerk, in the
office of the Municipal Housing Liaison, and in the office(s) of the
administrative agent(s). The Municipal Housing Liaison shall supervise
the work of the administrative agent(s).
[Added 3-5-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-08]
An administrative agent shall be an independent entity serving
under contract to and reporting to the municipality. The fees of the
administrative agent shall be paid by the owners of the affordable
units for which the services of the administrative agent are required.
The administrative agent shall perform the duties and responsibilities
of an administrative agent as set forth in UHAC, including those set
forth in Sections 5:80-26.14, 16 and 18 thereof. In addition to acting
as administrative agent for the Township’s Rehabilitation program,
the administrative agent shall oversee the Township’s Affordability
Assistance program.