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A4588 • 2026

Requires owners of certain multiple dwellings of three or more floors to provide priority status to senior citizens and disabled residents moving to lower floors.

Requires owners of certain multiple dwellings of three or more floors to provide priority status to senior citizens and disabled residents moving to lower floors.

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
2026-03-10
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires owners of certain multiple dwellings of three or more floors to provide priority status to senior citizens and disabled residents moving to lower floors.

Requires owners of certain multiple dwellings of three or more floors to provide priority status to senior citizens and disabled residents moving to lower floors.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires owners of certain multiple dwellings of three or more floors to provide priority status to senior citizens and disabled residents moving to lower floors.
  • Topic: Housing Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-03-10 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires owners of certain multiple dwellings of three or more floors to provide priority status to senior citizens and disabled residents moving to lower floors.
Topic:
Housing
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A4588

ASSEMBLY, No. 4588

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 10, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires owners of certain multiple dwellings of
three or more floors to provide priority status to senior citizens and disabled
residents moving to lower floors.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act
concerning
services available to certain
residents in multiple dwellings and supplementing P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et
seq.).

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

���� 1.��� a.� For purposes of this
section, �qualifying resident� means a senior citizen or a person with a
disability which hinders or limits mobility.

���� b.� The owner of a multiple
dwelling with three or more floors that is not held in a cooperative form of
ownership shall grant priority status to a qualifying resident who is seeking
to move into a unit with the same number of bedrooms located on a lower floor
within the multiple dwelling.� A qualifying resident shall be granted the right
of first refusal over applicants seeking to move into the multiple dwelling and
over other non-qualifying residents of the multiple dwelling seeking to move
into a unit on a lower floor.� The requirements of this subsection shall not displace
any existing affordability requirements, targeting requirements, and income
restrictions in place for the multiple dwelling.

���� c.� The owner, or an agent
thereof, shall post, in the same location and manner as a certificate of
registration pursuant to subsection a. of section 12 of P.L.1967, c.76
(C.55:13A-12), a sign that contains information regarding the priority status
granted to qualifying residents.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill would require the
owner of a multiple dwelling consisting of three or more floors to provide
priority treatment, for the purposes of moving to a unit on a lower floor with
the same number of bedrooms, to senior citizens and persons with disabilities
that hinder or limit mobility.� Qualifying residents will be given the right of
first refusal over outside applicants seeking to move into the multiple
dwelling and over other non-qualifying residents who are seeking to move to a
lower floor.� The requirements of the bill are not to displace any existing affordability
requirements, targeting requirements, and income restrictions in place for the
multiple dwelling, unless the tenant agrees to a smaller or larger unit.

���� This bill also requires the
owner of a multiple dwelling to post a sign that contains information regarding
the priority status granted to qualifying residents seeking to move into a unit
on a lower floor.