The Administrative Agent shall perform the duties and responsibilities of an administrative agent as set forth in the Uniform Housing Affordability Controls, N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1 et seq., including, but not limited to, the following: 1. Affirmative Marketing (a) Assisting the Township with the preparation of an updated Affirmative Marketing Plan consistent with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.15; (b) Conducting an outreach process to insure affirmative marketing of affordable housing units in accordance with the Affirmative Marketing Plan of the Township of Evesham and the provisions of N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.15; (c) Attending continuing education opportunities on affordability controls, compliance monitoring, and affirmative marketing as offered or approved by COAH or the DCA; and (d) Providing counseling or contracting to provide counseling services to low and moderate income applicants on subjects such as budgeting, credit issues, mortgage qualification, rental lease requirements, and landlord/tenant law. 2. Household Certification (a) Soliciting, scheduling, conducting and following up on interviews with interested households; (b) Conducting interviews and obtaining sufficient documentation of gross income and assets upon which to base a determination of income eligibility for a lowor moderate-income unit; (c) Providing written notification to each applicant as to the determination of eligibility or non-eligibility; (d) Requiring that all certified applicants for restricted units execute a certificate in the form, of either the ownership or rental certificates set forth in Appendices J and K of N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1 et seq.; (e) Creating and maintaining a referral list of eligible applicant households living in the housing region and eligible applicant households with members working in the housing region where the units are located; and (f) Employing a random selection process as provided in the Affirmative Marketing Plan of the Township of Evesham when referring households for certification to affordable units. 3. Affordability Controls (a) Furnishing to attorneys or closing agents forms of deed restrictions and mortgages for recording at the time of conveyance of title of each restricted unit; (b) Creating and maintaining a file on each restricted unit for its control period, including the recorded deed with restrictions, recorded mortgage and note, as appropriate; (c) Ensuring that the removal of the deed restrictions and cancellation of the mortgage note are effectuated and properly filed with the appropriate county’s register of deeds or County Clerk’s office after the termination of the affordability controls for each restricted unit; (d) Communicating with lenders regarding foreclosures; and (e) Ensuring the issuance of Continuing Certificates of Occupancy or certifications pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.10. 4. Resale and Rental (a) Instituting and maintaining an effective means of communicating information between owners and the Administrative Agent regarding the availability of restricted units for resale or rental; and (b) Instituting and maintaining an effective means of communicating information to low- and moderate-income households regarding the availability of restricted units for resale or re-rental.
