New Jersey A 5339: Requires certain State oversight of budgets of regional sewerage authorities.

Bill Text

A5339 

ASSEMBLY, No. 5339 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED JUNE 28, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� SHAMA A. HAIDER

District 37 (Bergen)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes �Missing Middle Homes for All Pilot 
Program� to facilitate development of pre-permitted home designs; appropriates 
$2 million. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

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An Act facilitating development of pre-permitted home 
designs, supplementing P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.), and making an 
appropriation.� 

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

���� 1.� The Legislature finds and 
declares that:

���� a.� The State of New Jersey 
faces a significant shortage in housing to meet the needs of a growing 
population;

���� b.� This supply shortage has 
contributed to the cost of purchasing a home, which is broadly unaffordable for 
many middle-income households;

���� c.� The development of 
pre-approved, build-ready construction plan sets, has been demonstrated, in 
cities such as South Bend, Indiana, and Kalamazoo, Michigan, to enhance the 
efficiency, predictability, and cost of new home construction; 

���� d.� Middle-income families 
impacted by these affordability challenges are generally ineligible for the 
existing housing programs available to moderate-, low-, and very low-income 
households in the State; and

���� e.� Due to the substantial 
housing affordability challenges faced by many middle-income New Jersey 
families, it is appropriate for the Legislature to establish the �Missing 
Middle Homes for All Pilot Program� to facilitate the development of housing 
affordable to middle-income, or low- and moderate-income households, through 
the use of pre-permitted home designs.� 

���� 2.� As used in P.L.��� , c.��� 
(C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill):

���� �Agency� means the New Jersey 
Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency.

���� �Commissioner� means the 
Commissioner of Community Affairs.� 

���� �Department� means the 
Department of Community Affairs.� 

���� �Middle-income household� 
means a household with a gross household income equal to more than 80 percent 
but less than 120 percent of the median gross income for households of the same 
size within the same housing region.� 

���� �Pilot municipality� means a 
municipality selected by the department for participation in the pilot 
program.� 

���� �Pilot program� or �program� 
means the �Missing Middle Homes for All Pilot Program,� established pursuant to 
subsection a. of section 3 of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill).� 

���� �Pre-permitted home design� 
means a home design created by the department pursuant to subsection b. of 
section 3 of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as 
this bill).� 

���� �Program coordinator� means 
the official appointed pursuant to subsection b. of section 3 of P.L.��� , 
c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) to administer 
the responsibilities of the pilot program.� 

���� 3.� a.� There is established, 
in the department, the �Missing Middle Homes for All Pilot Program� to 
facilitate the development of housing at a small-scale, that may be purchased by 
middle-income households, or reserved as low- or moderate-income housing in 
compliance with the �Fair Housing Act,� P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-301 et al.).� 
The pilot program shall expire 10 years following enactment of P.L.��� , c.��� 
(C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill).� The duration of 
any affordability controls, if applicable, shall be compliant with the �Fair 
Housing Act,� P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-301 et al.) and shall not be reduced 
upon the expiration of the pilot program.

���� b.� (1)� Within one month 
following the enactment of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the 
Legislature as this bill), the commissioner shall appoint: 

���� (a)� a program coordinator to 
administer the responsibilities of the pilot program; and 

���� (b)� program staff, who may be 
assigned to staff the pilot program from the Division of Codes and Standards, 
the Office of Planning Advocacy, the Office of Local Planning Services, from 
other divisions of the department, or from public and private entities outside 
of the department.� In consultation with the Executive Director of the agency, 
the commissioner may assign staff from the agency to the pilot program.� 

���� (2)� On or before the first 
day of the sixth month next following the date of enactment of P.L.��� , c.��� 
(C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), the program 
coordinator shall:

���� (a)� through the engagement of 
program staff and, as necessary, outside experts, produce concept designs that 
maintain aesthetic continuity with many neighborhoods of the State, for 
potential use as pre-permitted home designs;

���� (b)� administer an educational 
campaign to communicate