STATE OF NEW JERSEY
221st LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2024 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman BARBARA MCCANN STAMATO
District 31 (Hudson)
Assemblyman WILLIAM B. SAMPSON, IV
District 31 (Hudson)
Assemblyman REGINALD W. ATKINS
District 20 (Union)
Co-Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman Donlon, Assemblyman Stanley and Assemblywoman Speight
SYNOPSIS
Extends time period for tenants receiving federal housing choice voucher program assistance to locate new housing after landlord sells property.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Housing Committee with technical review.
An Act relating to federal housing choice voucher program administration and supplementing chapter 27D of Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. The Department of Community Affairs shall establish a standard initial period of at least 180 calendar days for a household in this State to locate new housing under the federal Housing Choice Voucher Program, established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1437f, if the household is required to vacate their rental unit as a result of the sale or transfer of the property by the landlord. The standard initial term shall be stated on the voucher. The standard initial period established by the department pursuant to this section shall apply to each qualified Public Housing Agency within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. 1437f and 24 C.F.R. s.5.100 in the State, including a housing authority established pursuant to section 17 of P.L.1992, c.79 (C.40A:12A-17). The department, in its role as a qualified Public Housing Agency within the meaning of 42 U.S.C. 1437f and 24 C.F.R. s.5.100, may grant a household one or more extensions of the initial period.
2. The Commissioner of Community Affairs shall promulgate rules and regulations, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1, et seq.), that are necessary to effectuate the provisions of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), which shall include changes to the department’s administrative plan pursuant to 24 C.F.R. s.982.54 that are consistent with P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).
3. This act shall take effect on the first day of the seventh month next following enactment, except that the Commissioner of Community Affairs may take such anticipatory action as may be necessary to implement the provisions of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).