If You Can’t Dazzle ‘Em With Brilliance, Baffle ‘Em With Bulls…
If there is one key element at play in the situation I find myself in as the victim of the longterm cover up of public corruption having its basis in racism (breathe…) is being innundated neck high in minutae. When you combine the intentional misdirections and omissions on the part of those public officials who gave in to, and/or looked away from this situation, you have what appears to be standard bureaucratic incompetence.
The New Jersey Administrative Code, § 10:90-6.5 (a) 2.(Recipient contribution) states that “TRA recipients shall contribute 65 percent towards housing costs.” Subsection 10 comprises the admin code (law) for New Jersey’s public social services agency. TRA stands for Temporary Rental Assistance. Although the above code states that TRA recipients must contribute 65% towards housing costs, there exists no formulas or explanations as to why this is so anywhere else in the social services code, other pertinent New Jersey Work First documentation or other referent documentation from various other private social services agencies/research groups.
That’s because the code that explains it all is found in N.J.A.C. § 5 under the Department of Community Affairs. N.J.A.C. § 5:42-2.8 Subsidy Calculations (re: the State Rental Assistance Program).
(a) The calculation of tenant portion of rent and State Rental Assistance Program (S-RAP) is as follows:
Gross annual income: $2520.00 (based on a $210/mo cash assistance benefit).
Deduct: $400.00 (head of household deduction for disabled).
This leaves: $2120.00
Divide by 12 =: $176.66
The tenant (disabled) will pay 25% of his or her adjusted income for his or her portion of the rent: $44.00 (deducted from $210.00) would leave a cash benefit of $166.00
Currently I am being forced to pay 65%, or $136.00 towards the rent leaving with a cash benefit of $74.00/mo.
If you can’t dazzle ‘em with brilliance, baffle ‘em with bulls..t. Although I found this nowhere in the N.J.A.C,, I guess you have to read between the lines to “get it.” All of this is being done to cover the butts of corrupt, racist, and well connected NYC administrators.
I am in the process of appealing the decision of the admin law judge.
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Unfortunately, there is absolutely nothing simple about any of this. If you have a chance, you can click on the link below to find out the basics of the case.
http://wp.me/pDnrF-63