55:14K-44 - Discrimination; prohibition; violations; penalty - New Jersey Statutes

55:14K-44.  Discrimination;  prohibition;  violations;  penalty
    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.