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A1304
ASSEMBLY, No. 1304
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman CODY D. MILLER
District 4 (Atlantic, Camden and Gloucester)
Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON
District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)
Assemblyman WILLIAM B. SAMPSON, IV
District 31 (Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblyman Hutchison, Assemblywomen Kane, Speight, Drulis,
Assemblyman Freiman, Assemblywoman Lopez and Assemblyman Bailey
SYNOPSIS
���� Establishes centralized directory for affordable
housing, and housing for senior citizens and veterans.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.
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An Act
concerning affordable housing, and housing for senior citizens and veterans,
and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:
����� 1.�� a.�� As
used in this section:
����� �Affordable
housing unit� means a housing unit that constitutes very low income, low
income, or moderate income housing as those terms are defined pursuant to
section 4 of P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-304).
����� �Senior
citizen housing unit� means a housing unit located in a senior citizen housing
project as that term is defined pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1990, c.55
(C.2A:42-103).
����� �Veteran
housing unit� means a housing unit reserved for occupancy by a person who
served on federal active duty in the United States Armed Forces, National
Guard, or a reserve component thereof, and who was discharged or released
therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.
����� b.�� Each
municipality shall submit information, in a manner prescribed by the Department
of Community Affairs, on a quarterly basis to the Commissioner of Community
Affairs concerning the affordable housing units, veteran housing units, and
senior citizen housing units located within the municipality.
����� The
information shall include: (1) the name and address of each building, complex,
or development in which an affordable housing unit
,
veteran housing
unit, or senior citizen housing unit is located; (2) the name of the landlord,
manager, or other person who manages or exercises authority over the property;
(3) whether applications are being accepted for tenancy in any identified
housing unit; (4) whether there is a waitlist for tenancy in any identified
housing unit; (5) instructions on how to apply for tenancy in any identified
housing unit, including a link to apply online if applicable; and (6) any other
information useful to the public as determined by the commissioner.
����� c.�� The
information submitted pursuant to subsection b. of this section shall be
published on the Internet website of: (1) the Department of Community Affairs;
(2) the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency; and (3) the New Jersey
Housing Resource Center.
����� d.�� Each
municipality that maintains an Internet website shall provide links on the municipality�s
Internet website to the Internet websites of the State government entities set
forth in subsection c. of this section.
����� e.�
The Department of Community Affairs shall provide for the reimbursement of
costs incurred by municipalities in complying with the provisions of this
section.� The department shall establish procedures by which a municipality may
apply for reimbursement pursuant to this subsection.
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���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the first day of the fourth month next following the date of
enactment.
STATEMENT
���� This bill requires each
municipality to submit information on a quarterly basis to the Commissioner of
Community Affairs (commissioner) concerning the affordable housing units, and
housing units for senior citizens and veterans, located within the municipality,
in order to provide a centralized directory of affordable housing units, and
housing units for senior citizens and veterans, in New Jersey. Under the bill,
each municipality is required to submit the information required by the bill to
the Department of Community Affairs (DCA) in a manner prescribed by the
commissioner, which is to be published and updated on the Internet websites of
DCA, the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (HMFA), and the New
Jersey Housing Resource Center (HRC). Additionally, municipalities that
maintain Internet websites are to provide links on the municipalities� Internet
websites to the Internet websites of the DCA, HMFA, and HRC, so that residents
are able to access the compiled information. The bill requires the submitted
information to include: (1) the name and address of each building, complex, or
development in which an affordable housing unit, or a housing unit for a senior
citizen, or veteran, is located; (2) the name of the landlord, manager, or
other person who manages or exercises authority over the property; (3) whether
applications are being accepted; (4) whether there is a waitlist; (5)
instructions on how to apply for tenancy in any of the identified housing
units, including a link to apply online, if applicable; and (6) any other
information useful to the public, as determined by the commissioner. The bill
also requires DCA to reimburse municipalities for costs incurred in complying
with the provisions of the bill