N.J. Stat. Ann. § 52:27D-283

No person shall continue to receive temporary rental assistance if alternative sources of rental subsidy, including, without limitation, rental assistance under the federal section 8 programs and public housing, become available. Every local housing authority, and every limited dividend or nonprofit housing corporation or association which owns or controls a subsidized housing project, or subsidized units within a housing project and which receives local property tax abatement pursuant to any law of this State, shall give priority to applications by persons receiving temporary rental assistance, subject to the requirements of other applicable federal and State statutes and regulations. L.1984, c. 180, s. 5, eff. Nov. 9, 1984.