<div>-------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Gaston, Pamela</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:Pamela.Gaston@dhs.nj.gov">Pamela.Gaston@dhs.nj.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Jul 11, 2022 at 10:21 AM<br>Subject: State Rental Assistance Enrollment Starts Today<br>To: Gaston, Pamela <<a href="mailto:Pamela.Gaston@dhs.nj.gov">Pamela.Gaston@dhs.nj.gov</a>><br></div><br><br>
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<span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);font-size:14pt">STATE RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (</span><span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);font-size:14pt"><strong>SRAP</strong></span><span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);font-size:14pt">) WAITING LISTS</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><strong><u>For ELDERLY, FAMILY, HOMELESS and DISABLED Households</u></strong></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><u>Enrollment Period is</u></span><u><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);font-size:14pt"><strong>Monday,</strong></span><span style="color:rgb(51,102,255)"><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span></span><span style="color:rgb(51,102,255);font-size:14pt"><strong>July
11, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. until Friday, July 22, 2022, at 5:00 p.m.</strong></span></u></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt">The State of New Jersey Rental Assistance Program (SRAP) is a state funded program that provides housing subsidies on behalf of low-income New Jersey residents, for decent, safe, and sanitary housing. Persons applying must meet
all applicable SRAP income and eligibility requirements. A total of 4,000 households will be selected through a lottery system and will be placed on the waiting list. You must be eighteen (18) years of age or older to apply or be an emancipated minor. Only
one (1) SRAP pre-application per household will be accepted.</span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><strong>Please note that only New Jersey residents are eligible to apply for SRAP assistance. A New Jersey resident is defined as someone whose primary residence is in New Jersey and who has resided in New Jersey for at least six
months prior to applying for SRAP assistance.</strong></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><strong><u>Definitions</u></strong></span><span style="font-size:14pt"><strong>:</strong></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><strong>Elderly:</strong></span><strong><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span></strong><span style="font-size:14pt">The Head of household must be 62 years of age or over.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><strong>Family</strong></span><span style="font-size:14pt"><strong><em>:</em></strong></span><strong><em><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span></em></strong><span style="font-size:14pt">The Head of household is 18 years of age or
an emancipated minor; with or without children.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><strong>Disabled:</strong></span><strong><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span></strong><span style="font-size:14pt">The Head of household or Spouse must be permanently disabled.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><strong>Homeless:</strong></span><strong><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span></strong><span style="font-size:14pt">A household who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence</span></p>
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When:</em></strong></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><em>The open enrollment period</em></span><em style="font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-weight:inherit"><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span></em><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"><strong><em>is
Monday,July 11, 2022, 9:00 a.m. to Friday, July 22, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.</em></strong></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14pt"> SRAP pre-applications will be selected through a lottery process,
therefore, it does not matter when you submit your pre-application as long as you complete it during the open enrollment period. Every application successfully submitted during the open enrollment period has a chance of being selected during the lottery.</span><br>
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><strong>How:</strong></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">SRAP pre-applications available only on-line at:</span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><a href="https://www.waitlistcheck.com/NJ559" style="color:rgb(7,72,140);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14pt">https://www.WaitlistCheck.com/NJ559</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt">.
Submission of a SRAP pre-application does not guarantee placement on any of the SRAP waiting lists; only pre-applications selected via the lottery will be placed on a waiting list. One</span><strong><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span></strong><span style="font-size:14pt"><strong>(1)
SRAP</strong></span><strong><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span></strong><span style="font-size:14pt">pre-application per household per county will be accepted. Duplicate pre-applications will be rejected. Paper pre-applications will not be distributed or
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<span style="font-size:14pt"><strong>Where:</strong></span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-size:14pt">SRAP pre-applications can be submitted ONLINE with the use of a personal computer, laptop, smart phone, or tablet by going on-line at</span><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><a href="https://www.waitlistcheck.com/NJ559" style="color:rgb(7,72,140);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14pt">https://www.WaitlistCheck.com/NJ559</span></a><span style="font-size:14pt">.
No pre-applications will be accepted at the Agency.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14pt">Customer service: 609-292-4080</span></p>
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When: The open enrollment period is Monday, JULY 11, 2022, 9:00 a.m. to Friday, JULY 22, 2022, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time.SRAP pe-applications will be selected through a lottery process, therefore, it does not matter when you submit your pre-application as long
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