NJ A4492

Prohibits landlords from threatening to disclose or disclosing a tenant's immigration status to pressure them to vacate, and bars eviction actions based solely or partially on immigration or citizenship status.

Allows tenants to sue landlords who violate these protections for actual damages, civil penalties up to $2,000 per violation, attorney's fees, and court costs.

Establishes affirmative defenses for tenants in eviction proceedings if the landlord's action is based on immigration status or, after a lease has commenced, on failure to provide a social security number, credit information, or acceptable ID.

Codifies the implied warranty of habitability in all residential leases, explicitly extending protection to occupants regardless of immigration or citizenship status.

Requires the Commissioner of Community Affairs to publish a summary of landlord and tenant rights under this act on the department website in the seven most common non-English languages spoken in New Jersey.