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NJ A259

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/9/2024

Primary Sponsor

Michael Inganamort

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Origin

General Assembly

2024-2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Allows municipalities to count housing units for migrant workers and seasonal farm workers toward their state-mandated affordable housing obligations on a one-to-one basis

  • Housing units must be located on or connected to agricultural lands and used exclusively as dwellings for low- or moderate-income agricultural workers to qualify for credit

  • Construction of qualifying farm worker housing units will not increase a municipality's prospective housing need calculations

  • Amends the Fair Housing Act (P.L.1985, c.222) to require the Council on Affordable Housing to implement these crediting procedures

Legislative Description

Provides procedures for crediting certain dwellings used by agricultural workers in determination of municipality's fair share housing obligation.

Housing

Last Action

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee

1/9/2024

Committee Referrals

Housing1/9/2024

Full Bill Text

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