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NJ A2440

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2024

Primary Sponsor

Annette Quijano

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs to add information to the Truth-in-Renting Guide about discriminatory housing practices prohibited under the Law Against Discrimination

  • Mandates the guide explicitly state that refusing to rent to tenants using Section 8 housing vouchers or other lawful rental subsidies is illegal discrimination

  • Requires the guide to clarify that advertising a refusal to rent to voucher holders is also an unlawful practice

  • Specifies that state and federal housing vouchers qualify as "source of lawful income," which is a protected category under anti-discrimination law

  • The Truth-in-Renting Guide must be published in both English and Spanish and updated annually on the department's website

Legislative Description

Requires inclusion of information about discriminatory housing practices in Truth in Renting Guide.

Housing

Last Action

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee

1/9/2024

Committee Referrals

Housing1/9/2024

Full Bill Text

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