Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman CAROL A. MURPHY
District 7 (Burlington)
Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO
District 20 (Union)
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 reported by the Assembly Housing Committee on October 5, 2026, with amendments.
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 1, condominium, or other common interest1 form of ownership 1governed by "The Planned Real Estate Development Full Disclosure Act," P.L.1977, c.419 (C.45:22A-21 et seq.), the "Condominium Act," P.L.1969, c.257 (C.46:8B-1 et seq.), the "Horizontal Property Act," P.L.1963, c.168 (C.46:8A-1 et seq.), or "The Cooperative Recording Act of New Jersey," P.L.1987, c.381 (C.46:8D-1 et seq.),1 shall grant priority status to a qualifying resident who 1already resides in the building, and1 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.