“Affirmative Marketing Process” or “Program” means the actual undertaking of
Affirmative Marketing activities in furtherance of each project with very low- low- and
moderate-income units.

“Affordability assistance” means the use of funds to render housing units more
affordable to low- and moderate-income households and includes, but is not limited
to, down payment assistance, security deposit assistance, low interest loans, rental
assistance, assistance with homeowner’s association or condominium fees and
special assessments, common maintenance expenses, and assistance with
emergency repairs and rehabilitation to bring deed-restricted units up to code,
pursuant to N.J.A.C. 5:99-2.5.
“Affordability average” means an average of the percentage of regional median
income at which restricted units in an affordable development are affordable to low-
and moderate-income households.
“Affordable” means, in the case of an ownership unit, that the sales price for the unit
conforms to the standards set forth at N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.7 and, in the case of a rental
unit, that the rent for the unit conforms to the standards set forth at N.J.A.C. 5:80-
26.13.
“Affordable housing development” means a development included in a municipality’s
housing element and fair share plan, and includes, but is not limited to, an
inclusionary development, a municipally sponsored affordable housing project, or a
100 percent affordable development. This includes developments with affordable
units on-site, off-site, or provided as a payment in-lieu of construction only if such a
payment-in-lieu option has been previously approved by the Program or Superior
Court as part of the HEFSP. Payments in lieu of construction were invalidated per
P.L. 2024, c.2.
“Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program” or “the Program” refers to the
dispute resolution program established pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-313.2.
“Affordable Housing Monitoring System” or “AHMS” means the Department’s cloud-
based software application, which shall be the central repository for municipalities to
use for reporting detailed information regarding affordable housing developments,
affordable housing unit completions, and the collection and expenditures of funds
deposited into the municipal affordable housing trust fund.
“Affordable Housing Trust Fund” or “AHTF” means that non-lapsing, revolving trust
fund established in DCA pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:27D-320 and N.J.A.C. 5:43 to be
the repository of all State funds appropriated for affordable housing purposes. All
references to the “Neighborhood Preservation Nonlapsing Revolving Fund” and
“Balanced Housing” mean the AHTF.
“Affordable unit” means a housing unit proposed or developed pursuant to the Act,
including units created with municipal affordable housing trust funds.
“Age-restricted housing” means a housing unit that is designed to meet the needs of,
and is exclusively for, an age-restricted segment of the population such that: 1. All
the residents of the development where the unit is situated are 62 years or older; 2.
At least 80 percent of the units are occupied by one person that is 55 years or older;