New Jersey Statutes 55:14K-44. Discrimination; prohibition; violations; penalty
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 55:14K-44
- Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
No person shall be discriminated against because of race, religious principles, color, national origin or ancestry by the agency, any housing sponsor, any institutional lender, or any loan originator or any agent or employee thereof in connection with any housing project or eligible loan. No person shall be discriminated against because of age in admission to, or continuance of occupancy in, any housing project receiving assistance under this act except for any housing project constructed under a governmental program restricting occupancy of at least 90% of the dwelling units to persons 62 years of age or older and any members of their immediate households or their occupant surviving spouses, or constructed as a retirement subdivision or retirement community as defined in the “Retirement Community Full Disclosure Act,” P.L.1968, c. 215 (C. 45:22A-1 et seq.). Any person who violates the provisions of this section is a disorderly person.
L.1983, c. 530, s. 44, eff. Jan. 17, 1984.