Village of Ridgefield Park, NJ Municipal Housing Liaison

The Village of Ridgefield Park shall appoint a specific municipal employee to serve as a Municipal Housing Liaison responsible for administering the affordable housing program, including affordability controls, the affirmative marketing plan, monitoring and reporting, and, where applicable, supervising any contracted administrative agent. The Municipal Housing Liaison shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners and may be a full- or part-time municipal employee.

The Municipal Housing Liaison shall be responsible for oversight and administration of the affordable housing program for Ridgefield Park, including the following responsibilities which may not be contracted out to the administrative agent:

(1)

Serving as Ridgefield Park'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 Ridgefield Park's Fair Share Plan;

(3)

Compiling, verifying and submitting annual monitoring reports as may be required by the court;

(4)

Coordinating meetings with affordable housing providers and administrative agents, as needed; and

(5)

Attending continuing education opportunities on affordability controls, compliance monitoring and affirmative marketing at least annually and more often as needed.

Subject to the approval of the court, the Village of Ridgefield Park shall designate one or more administrative agent(s) to administer newly constructed affordable units in accordance with UHAC. An operating manual for each affordable housing program shall be provided by the administrative agent(s) to be adopted by resolution of the governing body and subject to approval of the court. The operating manual(s) shall be available for public inspection in the office of the Village 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 contracting administrative agent(s).

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