54:4-3.141. Determination of need of rehabilitation; conversion or building of residential properties by municipal governing body The governing body of a qualified municipality may, by ordinance, determine that one or more areas within the municipality are in need of rehabilitation, and that one or more buildings or structures in any such area could be advantageously converted to qualified residential property or that vacant land in any such area could be advantageously used for the construction of qualified residential property. Any such determination shall be made in keeping with regulations which shall be promulgated by the Commissioner of Community Affairs pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), which shall take into consideration the following: existence of blighted areas in the municipality; deterioration of housing stock; age of housing stock; supply of and demand for housing in the municipality; and arrearage in real property taxes due on residential properties. L.1989, c.207, s.3.
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