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Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Professional Services Contract
Purpose: To provide Legal Defense Services for Low-Income Tenants.
Entity Name: Essex County Legal Aid Association
Entity Address: 465 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Room 118, Newark, New Jersey 07102
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $150,000.00
Funding Source: 2020 Budget/Department of Economic and Housing Development/Community and Economic Development Trust/Business Unit NW026; Dept. BS; Account # 32100; Budget Ref. B2020
Contract Period: For one (1) year to commence upon issuance of a Notice to Proceed
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
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WHEREAS, approximately 78.2% of Newark residents are renters, according to the 2016-2017 United States Census Bureau data; and
WHEREAS, low-income tenants residing in the City of Newark are often not represented by counsel when challenging eviction actions; and
WHEREAS, the Governing Body of the City of Newark declared than 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 tenants' 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 Decemb...
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