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A4136 • 2026

Establishes five-year housing advisory plan.

Establishes five-year housing advisory plan.

Housing
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Murphy, Carol A.
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Establishes five-year housing advisory plan.

Establishes five-year housing advisory plan.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes five-year housing advisory plan.
  • Topic: Housing Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee

Official Summary Text

Establishes five-year housing advisory plan.
Topic:
Housing
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4136

ASSEMBLY, No. 4136

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes five-year housing advisory plan.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
establishing
a five-year housing advisory plan
and supplementing P.L.2009, c.123 (C.52:27D-287a et al.).

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.� In consultation with
the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Corrections, the
Department of Health and Senior Services, and the Department of Human Services,
the Department of Community Affairs shall prepare, and amend as needed, a
five-year housing advisory plan.� The purpose of the plan is to document the
affordable housing needs of all residents in this State, especially those of homeless
or near homeless persons, determine the extent to which those needs are
addressed through public and private sector programs, and facilitate any
necessary planning to meet the affordable housing needs of the State, thereby
enabling the development of sound strategies and programs for affordable
housing.� The information in the five-year housing advisory plan shall include:

���� (1)�� an assessment of the
State�s housing market trends;

���� (2)�� an assessment of the
housing needs for all economic segments of the State and special needs
populations;

���� (3)�� an inventory of the
supply and geographic distribution of affordable housing made available through
public and private sector programs;

���� (4)�� a status report on the
degree of progress made by the public and private sectors toward meeting the
housing needs of the State;

���� (5)�� an identification of
State and local regulatory barriers to affordable housing and proposed
regulatory and administrative techniques designed to remove barriers to the
development and placement of affordable housing; and

���� (6)�� specific
recommendations, policies, or proposals for meeting the affordable housing
needs of the State, especially those of homeless or near homeless persons.

���� �b.�� The five-year housing
advisory plan required under this subsection shall be prepared and submitted to
the Governor and the Legislature�s Joint Committee on Housing Affordability, or
its successor, 18 months following enactment of P.L.��� , c.�� (C.������ )
(pending before the Legislature as this bill), and subsequent plans shall be
submitted every five years thereafter.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill would require the
Department of Community Affairs to prepare, and amend as needed, a five-year
housing advisory plan. The purpose of the plan is to document the affordable
housing needs of all residents in this State, especially those of homeless or
near homeless persons, determine the extent to which those needs are addressed
through public and private sector programs, and facilitate any necessary
planning to meet the affordable housing needs of the State, thereby enabling
the development of sound strategies and programs for affordable housing. �The
information in the five-year housing advisory plan shall include:

���� (1)�� an assessment of the
State�s housing market trends;

���� (2)�� an assessment of the
housing needs for all economic segments of the State and special needs
populations;

���� (3)�� an inventory of the
supply and geographic distribution of affordable housing units made available
through public and private sector programs;

���� (4)�� a status report on the
degree of progress made by the public and private sector toward meeting the
housing needs of the State;

���� (5)�� an identification of
State and local regulatory barriers to affordable housing and proposed
regulatory and administrative techniques designed to remove barriers to the
development and placement of affordable housing; and

���� (6)�� specific
recommendations, policies, or proposals for meeting the affordable housing
needs of the State, especially those of homeless or near homeless persons.

���� The five-year housing advisory
plan is to be prepared and submitted to the Governor and the Joint Committee on
Housing Affordability, and subsequent plans must be submitted every five years
thereafter.�