A Housing Application must be submitted by each person 18 years of age or older who will be occupying the rental unit. Each Applicant must meet the following Rental Requirements and Qualifications. “Applicant” is defined as the person who will be signing the Lease Agreement as the “Resident.” “Guarantor” is defined as the person who will sign the Guaranty Agreement.

The following constitute current Rental Requirements and Qualifications. Nothing contained in these requirements shall constitute a guarantee or representation that all Residents currently residing in the Apartment Community, including the roommates that will occupy the rental unit with any Resident, have met these requirements. There may be Residents or occupants who have applied to reside in the Apartment Community prior to the stated requirements taking effect. We are not responsible and assume no duty for obtaining criminal history checks on any Residents, occupants, guests, or contractors in the Apartment Community.

To reserve your rental unit, you must also sign a Lease Agreement. The Lease Agreement is a binding contract between you and Landlord. Your Lease Agreement will not be executed by Landlord until all qualifications are met, your criminal history is verified, and your Housing Application is approved. If your Housing Application is denied, the Lease Agreement will not be executed by Landlord and you will forfeit all non-refundable fees paid at the time of application. Only deposits will be refunded on denied applications.

You acknowledge that you have full understanding that the Lease Agreement is only binding once your Housing Application has been approved and the Lease Agreement has been executed by Landlord. There is no stated or implied guarantee of housing until your Lease Agreement has been executed by Landlord.

IDENTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants and Guarantors must present a valid government issued photo identification card and a valid Social Security number. Applicants who are citizens of another country must provide the following: (1) a passport, (2) the document that entitles the Applicant to be in the United States through the term of the Lease Agreement, such as a visa, work authorization, or a SEVIS I-20 verifying student status and proof of enrollment. Guarantors who are citizens of another country must provide the following: (1) a passport or (2) government issued photo identification card.

INCOME REQUIREMENTS

Applicant must earn an annual gross income equal to three (3) times the total rent installments as outlined on the first page of the Lease Agreement and must have qualifying credit history. Applicant must have held that employment for at least one (1) year prior to the Housing Application date. Proof of income must be supplied via two (2) recent pay stubs, four (4) if paid weekly, two (2) most recent bank statements, financial aid award, SEVIS I-20, tax records or court documents. If the Applicant cannot prove income and does not meet the qualifying credit history, the Applicant must have a Guarantor sign a Guaranty Agreement, guaranteeing Resident’s obligations under the Lease Agreement. The Guarantor must meet the stated income and credit history requirements. Any Applicant who cannot prove income and qualifying credit history, and cannot provide a Guarantor, must pay the sum of first and last rental installment on the first installment due date as listed on the first page of the Lease Agreement.

CRIMINAL HISTORY

Criminal history which indicates that an Applicant’s tenancy would constitute a direct threat to the health or safety of other individuals, or whose tenancy would result in substantial physical damage to the property of Landlord or others, may result in denial of the Housing Application. An Applicant will have the opportunity to provide evidence of rehabilitation and/or inaccuracies in the criminal background check. We will conduct a criminal background check in a manner consistent with the New Jersey Fair Chance in Housing Act, and all relevant fair housing laws.

OCCUPANCY GUIDELINES

Maximum occupancy of each “bed space” subject to an individual liability Lease Agreement is limited to (1) one person per “bed space”. An adult with a child under (24) twenty-four months of age at the time the Lease Agreement or Renewal and Amendment of Lease Agreement is signed can lease a single “bed space”, but only in a bedroom designated as a private bedroom.

A group of people or person that includes a child over (24) twenty-four months of age wanting to live together in the same apartment must rent all of the “bed spaces” within the apartment as private bedrooms, with maximum occupancy limited to a total of (2) two persons per number of bedrooms, plus one additional person for the entire apartment. This includes any and all “extra” rooms that may be present within the apartment that are not kitchens, dining rooms, bathrooms, or bedrooms, such as “dens”, “lofts”, and/or “studies” etc.

American Campus Communities adheres to the Fair Housing Law (Title VIII) of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 as amended by the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 and the Fair Housing Amendment of 1988 which stipulate that it is illegal to discriminate against any person in housing practices because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, familial status or any other class protected by law.

MODEL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

New Jersey’s Fair Chance in Housing Act, N.J.S.A. 46:8-52 to 64 (FCHA), limits a housing provider’s ability to consider a person’s criminal history in deciding whether to extend an offer or whether to rent a home after extending an offer.

Before making a conditional offer of housing, University Centre may consider only whether an applicant has a conviction for the manufacture or production of methamphetamine on the premises of federally assisted housing, or whether an applicant has a lifetime registration requirement under a State sex offender registration program. University Centre will not consider, or request from an applicant or any other person or entity, any other information about an applicant’s criminal history as part of the application process until and unless a conditional offer of housing has been made.

After extending a conditional offer of housing, University Centre intends to review and consider an

applicant’s criminal record in determining whether to rent a home, in accordance with the FCHA and its accompanying rules.

University Centre will not, either before or after the issuance of a conditional offer, evaluate or consider any of the following criminal records:

(1) arrests or charges that have not resulted in a criminal conviction;

(2) expunged convictions;

(3) convictions erased through executive pardon;

(4) vacated and otherwise legally nullified convictions;

(5) juvenile adjudications of delinquency; and

(6) records that have been sealed.

University Centre may consider, after the issuance of a conditional offer, a criminal record that:

· Resulted in a conviction for murder, aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping, arson, human trafficking, sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child in violation of N.J.S.2C:24- 4(b)(3);

· Resulted in a conviction for any crime that requires lifetime state sex offender registration;

· Is for any 1st degree indictable offense, or release from prison for that offense, within the past 6 years;

· Is for any 2nd or 3rd degree indictable offense, or release from prison for that offense, within the past 4 years; or

· Is for any 4th degree indictable offense, or release from prison for that offense, within the past 1 year.

For more information about how these rules apply, please refer to the resources at https://www.njoag.gov/about/divisions-and-offices/division-on-civil-rights-home/fcha/.

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New Jersey is an Equal Opportunity Employer

University Centre may withdraw a conditional offer based on your criminal record only if

University Centre determines, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the withdrawal is necessary to fulfill a substantial, legitimate, and nondiscriminatory interest.

If University Centre utilizes any vendor or outside person/entity to conduct a criminal record check on their behalf, University Centre will take reasonable steps to ensure that the vendor or outside person/ entity conducts the criminal record check consistent with the requirements of the FCHA and rules.

Specifically, if University Centre receives a criminal history inquiry conducted by a vendor or outside person or entity that is conducted in violation of the FCHA in that it reveals a record that is not permitted to be considered under the FCHA, University Centre must show that it did not rely on that information in making a determination about your tenancy.

If you are subjected to the withdrawal of a conditional offer of housing due to criminal history, you have the right to request and receive the materials relied upon by University Centre in making this determination.

You have the right to dispute, within ten (10) days of receiving this statement, the relevance and accuracy of any criminal record, and to offer evidence of any mitigating facts or circumstances, including but not limited to your rehabilitation and good conduct since the criminal offense. You may also provide evidence demonstrating inaccuracies within aspects of your criminal record which may be considered under the FCHA, or evidence of rehabilitation or other mitigating factors to University Centre at any time, including after the ten days.

Any action taken by University Centre in violation of the process laid out in this statement may constitute a violation of the FCHA. If you believe that any owner, agent, employee, or designee of University Centre has violated any of the above requirements, you may contact the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights at www.NJCivilRights.gov (1-866-405-3050). A complaint must be filed with DCR within 180 days of the allegedly discriminatory conduct. You cannot be subjected to retaliation for filing a complaint or for attempting to exercise your rights under the FCHA.

DCR has several fair housing fact sheets available at https://www.nj.gov/oag/dcr/housing.html, or available for pickup in any of DCR’s four (4) regional offices.

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