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:
B. The advertisement will include the following:
(2) Number of bedrooms per unit;
(3) Range of selling prices/rents;
(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:
D. The following is the location of applications, brochure(s),
sign(s) and/or poster(s) used as part of the affirmative marketing
program:
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:
(2) Housing Agency or Authority.
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.