Piazza & Associates will be the agency under contract with the Township of Toms River to administer the affordable housing units as the administrative agent. Piazza & Associates shall perform the duties and responsibilities of an administrative agent as are set forth in UHAC, including those set forth in N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.14, 5:80-26.16 and 5:80-26.18 thereof. HAS maintains the responsibility to advertise, income qualify low- and moderate-income households; to place eligible households in low- and moderate-income units upon initial occupancy; to continue to qualify households for reoccupancy of units as they become vacant and to enforce the terms of the deed restriction. The Township of Toms River and/or Piazza & Associates will provide counseling services to low- and moderate-income applicants on subjects such as budgeting, credit issues, mortgage qualifications, rental lease requirements and landlord-tenant law. In addition, the Township of Toms River shall designate that the AH administrator and/or a full-time Municipal Housing Liaison (MHL) act as liaison between COAH, the municipality and Piazza & Associates. The MHL will be responsible for tracking the progress of affordable housing, fielding inquiries regarding affordable housing from the public and COAH and complying with COAH monitoring and reporting requirements as per N.J.A.C. 5:93-11.6 and 5:93-12.1.

An operating manual shall be provided by the AH administrator to be adopted by resolution of the governing body and subject to approval of the Superior Court. The operating manual shall be available for public inspection in the office of the Municipal Clerk and in the office(s) of the AH administrator.

The position of Municipal Housing Liaison (MHL) for the Township of Toms River is established by this article. The Township of Toms River shall designate a full-time or part-time employee of the Township as the Municipal Housing Liaison between COAH, the municipality and HAS. The Municipal Housing Liaison will be responsible for oversight of the affordable housing program including tracking the progress of affordable housing; fielding inquiries regarding affordable housing from the public, interested households, the state, affordable housing providers, and COAH; and complying with monitoring and reporting requirements. The Municipal Housing Liaison must meet the requirements for qualifications, including initial and periodic training.

Developers/builders/sponsors of low- and moderate-income housing units may be required by the Township of Toms River to assist in the advertising of affordable units in their respective developments in accordance with the preceding subsections. Such advertising must be coordinated with Piazza & Associates and is subject to the approval of the Township of Toms River.

The Township of Toms River, in conjunction with Piazza & Associates, may delegate other specific tasks to a developer/builder/sponsor (such as interviewing applicants, prescreening households, etc.), provided that copies of all applications, income verification documents, sales records, etc., of the low- and moderate-income units are returned to HAS for reporting purposes and to aid with future resales.

Households who live or work in the housing region of Monmouth, Mercer and Ocean Counties may be given preference for the affordable housing units within the municipality. Applicants living outside the housing region shall have an equal opportunity for units after intraregional applicants have been processed.

The administrative agent shall comply with monitoring and reporting requirements as per N.J.S.A. 52:27D-313, 52:27D-329.1, and the settlement agreement entered into and approved by the Superior Court of New Jersey, Ocean County, on December 31, 2016, In the Matter of the Township of Toms River for a Judgment of Compliance of Its Third Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan, Docket No. OCN-L-001867-15.