S 1509 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Establishes "Police Officer, Firefighter, Public School Teacher, Corrections Officer, and Sanitation Worker Home-buyer Assistance Act"; appropriates $5 million.

This bill establishes a home-buyer assistance program for police officers, firefighters, public school teachers, corrections officers, and sanitation workers in New Jersey. It provides $10,000 zero-interest second mortgage loans for down payments and closing costs on single or two-family homes or condos, with 20% of the loan forgiven annually over five years. To qualify, applicants must work full-time in an eligible municipality (coextensive with an "SDA district" school system), have at least one year of pension-eligible service, and agree to live in the home as their primary residence for five years. The $5 million program, administered by the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, requires municipalities to adopt ordinances designating participating neighborhoods.
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Introduced Jan 9, 2024 Last action Jan 9, 2024
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Jan 9, 2024
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Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee
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Shirley Turner
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