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Bill Text

A4136 

ASSEMBLY, No. 4136 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes five-year housing advisory plan. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act establishing a five-year housing advisory plan 
and supplementing P.L.2009, c.123 (C.52:27D-287a et al.).

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� a.� In consultation with 
the Department of Children and Families, the Department of Corrections, the 
Department of Health and Senior Services, and the Department of Human Services, 
the Department of Community Affairs shall prepare, and amend as needed, a 
five-year housing advisory plan.� The purpose of the plan is to document the 
affordable housing needs of all residents in this State, especially those of homeless 
or near homeless persons, determine the extent to which those needs are 
addressed through public and private sector programs, and facilitate any 
necessary planning to meet the affordable housing needs of the State, thereby 
enabling the development of sound strategies and programs for affordable 
housing.� The information in the five-year housing advisory plan shall include:

���� (1)�� an assessment of the 
State�s housing market trends;

���� (2)�� an assessment of the 
housing needs for all economic segments of the State and special needs 
populations;

���� (3)�� an inventory of the 
supply and geographic distribution of affordable housing made available through 
public and private sector programs;

���� (4)�� a status report on the 
degree of progress made by the public and private sectors toward meeting the 
housing needs of the State;

���� (5)�� an identification of 
State and local regulatory barriers to affordable housing and proposed 
regulatory and administrative techniques designed to remove barriers to the 
development and placement of affordable housing; and

���� (6)�� specific 
recommendations, policies, or proposals for meeting the affordable housing 
needs of the State, especially those of homeless or near homeless persons.

���� �b.�� The five-year housing 
advisory plan required under this subsection shall be prepared and submitted to 
the Governor and the Legislature�s Joint Committee on Housing Affordability, or 
its successor, 18 months following enactment of P.L.��� , c.�� (C.������ ) 
(pending before the Legislature as this bill), and subsequent plans shall be 
submitted every five years thereafter.

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill would require the 
Department of Community Affairs to prepare, and amend as needed, a five-year 
housing advisory plan. The purpose of the plan is to document the affordable 
housing needs of all residents in this State, especially those of homeless or 
near homeless persons, determine the extent to which those needs are addressed 
through public and private sector programs, and facilitate any necessary 
planning to meet the affordable housing needs of the State, thereby enabling 
the development of sound strategies and programs for affordable housing. �The 
information in the five-year housing advisory plan shall include:

���� (1)�� an assessment of the 
State�s housing market trends;

���� (2)�� an assessment of the 
housing needs for all economic segments of the State and special needs 
populations;

���� (3)�� an inventory of the 
supply and geographic distribution of affordable housing units made available 
through public and private sector programs;

���� (4)�� a status report on the 
degree of progress made by the public and private sector toward meeting the 
housing needs of the State;

���� (5)�� an identification of 
State and local regulatory barriers to affordable housing and proposed 
regulatory and administrative techniques designed to remove barriers to the 
development and placement of affordable housing; and

���� (6)�� specific 
recommendations, policies, or proposals for meeting the affordable housing 
needs of the State, especially those of homeless or near homeless persons.

���� The five-year housing advisory 
plan is to be prepared and submitted to the Governor and the Joint Committee on 
Housing Affordability, and subsequent plans must be submitted every five years 
thereafter.�