Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 52:27D-369

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
As used in this act:

a. “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs;

b. “Corporation” means a neighborhood housing services corporation or umbrella corporation, as defined hereinafter, unless the context indicates otherwise;

c. “Department” means the Department of Community Affairs;

d. “Fund” means the Neighborhood Housing Services Grant Fund established pursuant to section 5 of this act;

e. “Housing rehabilitation loan” means any loan made by a neighborhood housing services corporation or umbrella corporation to a homeowner pursuant to section 7 of this act;

f. “Neighborhood housing services corporation” means a private, nonprofit, community-based corporation organized under Title 15A of the New Jersey Statutes to develop and administer a local neighborhood housing services program, established in connection with the National Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation or recognized by the commissioner as substantially the equivalent of a corporation so established;

g. “Neighborhood housing services program” means a program which is established and supervised by a neighborhood housing services corporation for the purpose of administering the corporation’s goals and services within a specific neighborhood;

h. “Residential borrower” means any homeowner who has entered into a contract for a loan with a neighborhood housing services corporation or umbrella corporation as provided in section 7 of this act; and

i. “Umbrella corporation” means a neighborhood housing services corporation which establishes and supervises two or more neighborhood housing services corporations.

L. 1987, c. 50, s. 4.