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New Jersey renters and homeowners have some of the highest housing costs in the nation, but the state has several programs designed to provide relief.
Marita Sciarrotta, director of the Division of Taxation, said all New Jerseyans who are 65 years old or older must apply for the Affordable New Jersey Communities for Homeowners and Renters program, known as ANCHOR, the Senior Freeze and the Stay NJ property tax relief programs, by filling out the PAS-1 application no later than Nov. 2.
She said first-time ANCHOR applicants under the age of 65, disabled homeowners and those living in mobile homes must also file an ANC-1 application form by Nov. 2.
According to the Division of Taxation, individuals under the age of 65 that previously applied for the ANCHOR program do not need to file a new application, but all older state residents must fill out a new PAS-1 application, even if they did so last year.
She said to complete the PAS-1 application residents will need to enter their total income information for 2024 and 2025, including Social Security money received, the total amount they paid in property taxes for those years, and personal information including Social Security numbers.
“There’s a lot of prompts in the application, on paper as well as the one online, that will tell you exactly what you need to do and where you enter that information,” Sciarrotta said.
She said New Jersey renters and homeowners under the age of 65 that have not previously filed for ANCHOR property tax relief must provide similar income, and other information, in an ANC-1 application form by Nov. 2.
Sciarrotta said all three of the property tax relief program applications for older state residents are now combined into the PAS-1 form.
“We’ve put it on one application to make it easier for our senior clients,” she said.
