N.J. Admin. Code § 5:80-33.11 - Cycle deadlines

(a) Application cycles shall be announced by NJHMFA through notices sent to the mailing list maintained by the Tax Credit Division no later than 45 days prior to the deadline. Applications shall be accepted beginning one month prior to the deadline date. Applications shall be submitted to NJHMFA by 12:00 noon of the application deadline date in order to be considered for review. Late and substantially incomplete applications shall not be admitted into a cycle. Late applications shall be returned to the applicant.

(b) It is the burden of the applicant to comply with the requirements of these rules and to ensure that the application presented to NJHMFA is clear, unambiguous, and complete in all respects at the time of submission.

(c) Applicants shall be given 48 hours to cure defects as follows, except for applications that NJHMFA deems to be substantially incomplete:

1. If the applicant has failed to include a required document, the applicant may supply the document; provided, however, that the document existed on the application deadline date and, if the document is a legal agreement or instrument, the document was legally effective on the application deadline date.

2. If statements or items in the application are contradictory or mutually inconsistent, the applicant may present information resolving the contradiction or inconsistency; provided, however, that the information accurately reflects the state of affairs on the application deadline date.

3. The applicant may provide any required signature that has been omitted.

(d) Except for applications that NJHMFA deems to be substantially incomplete, NJHMFA shall notify the applicant of any curable defects it discovers by telephone and, simultaneously, in writing, by email. The applicant's corrective submission shall not be considered unless it is received by NJHMFA no later than 48 hours (excluding weekends and legal holidays) from the applicant's receipt of the email. No application will receive more than one notice for a curable defect. A project that has previously applied for competitive credits (a reapplication) may receive notification of a curable defect regardless of whether such project has received notification in the past.

(e) If an applicant cures one or more defects in the manner set forth at (c)1 or 3 above, NJHMFA will deduct one point for each defect cured from the project's score in determining its ranking in the application cycle.

(f) If an applicant fails to respond to NJHMFA's notification of curable defects within the 48-hour cure period, or if an applicant's response is non-responsive to the question asked, a negative inference shall be drawn. Failure to respond to an item in a cure letter will result in the denial of points if the question is with respect to a point category; negative points if with respect to the point categories at N.J.A.C. 5:80-33.15(a)15 through 20; or ineligibility if with respect to an eligibility requirement.

(g) After the application deadline, telephone calls or other oral or written communications on behalf of a tax credit applicant (for example, from a project's development team, elected representatives, etc.) other than information submitted pursuant to (d) and (e) above shall not be accepted or considered before reservation awards have been announced.

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N.J. Admin. Code § 5:80-33.11

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 435(a), effective 3/6/2017 Amended by 56 N.J.R. 343(b), effective 3/4/2024