Bill Text: NJ S197 | 2014-2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires reservation of portion of tenant vouchers under State rental assistance program for veterans.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-12-14 - Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading [S197 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2014-S197-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
216th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2014 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator CHRISTOPHER J. CONNORS
District 9 (Atlantic, Burlington and Ocean)
Senator JEFF VAN DREW
District 1 (Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Allen
SYNOPSIS
Requires reservation of portion of tenant vouchers under State rental assistance program for veterans.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning rental assistance and amending P.L.2004, c.140.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 1 of P.L.2004, c.140 (C.52:27D-287.1) is amended to read as follows:
1. The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall establish a rental assistance program for low income individuals or households. This program shall be in addition to and supplement any existing programs established pursuant to the "Prevention of Homelessness Act (1984)," P.L.1984, c.180 (C.52:27D-280 et al.).
a. The program shall provide rental assistance grants comparable to the federal section 8 program, but shall be available only to State residents who are not currently holders of federal section 8 vouchers.
b. Assistance to an individual or household under the State program shall be terminated upon the award of federal section 8 rental assistance to the same individual or household.
c. The program shall reserve a portion of the grants for assistance to senior citizens aged 62 or older who otherwise meet the criteria of subsection a. of this section.
d. The program shall reserve a portion of the grants for assistance to veterans who have successfully completed the Veterans Transitional Housing Program, or "Veterans Haven," a vocational and transitional housing program for homeless veterans administered by the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs.
e. The program shall reserve a portion of the funds available to it for tenant-based vouchers to veterans, other than those veterans eligible for assistance pursuant to subsection d. of this section.
(cf: P.L.2007, c.237, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill reserves a portion of the tenant-based rental assistance vouchers under the State rental assistance program (SRAP) for grants to veterans. Current law reserves a portion of SRAP funding for veterans who have completed certain transitional housing programs. The bill reserves a portion of these funds for tenant based rental vouchers for veterans.
