[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Bergenfield
12-16-1975 by Ord. No. 1046 as Sec. 2-23 of the Revised General Ordinances.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Rent control — See Ch. 240.
It is the considered opinion of the Borough Council that senior citizens
of low income in the community are entitled to safe and sanitary housing accommodations
at rentals such persons can afford. As such low-rental housing accommodations
are in extremely short supply, overcrowded and congested housing will eventuate
from such a shortage and thereby impair public safety and economic
values. The shortage of such safe and sanitary housing for low-income senior
citizens cannot be totally relieved through private enterprise. Therefore,
new and rehabilitated construction of housing projects and facilities would
not be competitive with private enterprise.
A.
The Borough of Bergenfield, therefore, desires to participate
in the area of operations of the Housing Authority of Bergen County throughout
its territorial boundary and the jurisdiction of its Mayor and Council for
the purpose of alleviating the shortage of safe and sanitary housing for low-income
senior citizens.
B.
The Borough does hereby consent to its inclusion in the
area of operation of the Housing Authority of Bergen County.
The Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to file a certified copy
of this chapter with the Commissioner of the State Department of Conservation
and Economic Development and with the Secretary of the Housing Authority of
Bergen County.
