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Township of North Brunswick, NJ
Middlesex County
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[Adopted 12-1-2003 by Ord. No. 03-40]
North Brunswick Township, Middlesex County, has a fair share obligation of 489 units, of which 395 provide new affordable housing opportunities. This Part 2 will apply to the following developments:
A. 
North Brunswick Senior Housing; and
B. 
Governors Pointe 1 and 2.
The affirmative marketing plan is a regional marketing strategy designed to attract buyers and/or renters of all majority and minority groups, regardless of sex, age or number of children, to housing units which are being marketed by a developer/sponsor, municipality and/or designated administrative agency of affordable housing. The plan will address the requirements of N.J.A.C. 5:93-11. In addition, the plan prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, financing or other services related to housing on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, handicap, age, familial status/size or national origin. North Brunswick Township is in the housing region consisting of Middlesex, Somerset and Huntington Counties.
The affirmative marketing program is a continuing program and will meet the following requirements:
A. 
All newspaper articles, announcements and requests for applications for low- and moderate-income units will appear in the following publications:
(1) 
Home News Tribune.
(2) 
The Sentinel.
(3) 
The Navigator.
B. 
The advertisement will include the following:
(1) 
Street address;
(2) 
Number of bedrooms per unit;
(3) 
Range of selling prices/rents;
(4) 
Size of units;
(5) 
Household income limits; and
(6) 
Location of applications, including business hours and where/how applications may be obtained.
C. 
If applicable, the following regional radio and/or cable television station(s) will be used:
(1) 
WCTC.
D. 
The following is the location of applications, brochure(s), sign(s) and/or poster(s) used as part of the affirmative marketing program:
(1) 
Municipal building.
(2) 
Municipal library.
(3) 
Senior center.
E. 
The following is a list of community contact person(s) and/or organization(s) in Middlesex County that will aid in the affirmative marketing program with particular emphasis on contacts that will reach out to groups that are least likely to apply for housing within the region:
(1) 
Civic League of Greater New Brunswick.
(2) 
New Brunswick Housing Coalition.
F. 
Applications will be mailed to prospective applicants upon request.
G. 
Additionally, applications will be sent to the chief administrative employees of each of the following agencies in the counties of Middlesex, Somerset and Hunterdon:
(1) 
Office on Aging.
(2) 
Housing Agency or Authority.
(3) 
Library.
The following is a description of the random selection method that will be used to select occupants of low- and moderate-income housing.
A. 
North Brunswick Senior Housing will be first come, first served.
B. 
In Governors Pointe, potential purchasers will be approved on a monthly basis when applications are complete, but the decisions as to who to sell to will be made by the seller based upon the best offer received.
North Brunswick Township is ultimately responsible for administering the affirmative marketing program. North Brunswick Township has delegated this responsibility to the North Brunswick Affordable Housing Agency.
The North Brunswick Affordable Housing Agency will income qualify low- and moderate-income households; continue to qualify households for reoccupancy of units as they become vacant during the period of affordability controls; assist with advertising and outreach to low- and moderate-income households; and enforce the terms of the deed restriction and mortgage loan as per N.J.A.C. 5:93-9. The Secretary to the Affordable Housing Agency shall be the designated housing officer. The North Brunswick Affordable Housing Agency will provide counseling services to low- and moderate-income applicants on subjects such as budgeting, credit issues, mortgage qualification, responsibilities of homeownership, rental lease requirements and landlord/tenant law.
Households who live or work in the COAH-established housing region may be given preference for sales and rental units constructed within that housing region. Applicants living outside the housing region will have an equal opportunity for units after regional applicants have been initially serviced. North Brunswick Township intends to comply with N.J.A.C. 5:93-11.7.
The marketing program will continue for as long as all low- and moderate-income housing units are deed restricted and occupancy or reoccupancy of units continues to be necessary. North Brunswick Affordable Housing Agency will comply with monitoring and reporting requirements as per N.J.A.C. 5:93-11.6 and 5:93-12.1.