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Dept./ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: To provide legal defense services to tenants of low-income facing threat of eviction.
Entity Name: Law Office of Anthony W. Vaughn, Jr., LLC
Entity Address: 1200 US Highway 22 East, Suite 2000, Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $150,000.00
Funding Source: 2021 Budget/Department of Economic and Housing Development
Contract Period: June 1, 2021 through May 31, 2022
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor (X) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
(X ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP (X) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the Governing Body of the City of Newark declared that an emergency exists within the City of Newark, where many of its residents are homeless or are at risk of homelessness and/or reside in uninhabitable living conditions due to a shortage of affordable housing and an absence of awareness concerning tenant's rights; and
WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40:48-2 allows any municipality to make ordinances, rules, regulations, and by-laws, as the municipality deems necessary and proper for the good government, order and protection of its residents and for the protection of the health, welfare and safety of the municipality and its residents; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark by way of Ordinance 6PSF-I adopted on December 19, 2018, amended and supplemented Title XIX of its Revised General Ordinances to provide its low-income residents facing eviction in landlord tenant court with access to free legal representation by way of the creation of the Office of Tenant Legal Services; and
WHEREAS, a need exists to provide outside legal assistance to the Office of Tenant Legal Services in order to effectuate ...
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