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Bill Text

A1206 

ASSEMBLY, No. 1206 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman ALEXANDER "AVI" SCHNALL

District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Reduces term of affordability required for affordable 
housing created through middle housing construction or conversion.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act reducing the term of affordability for middle 
housing construction and conversion and amending P.L.1985, c.222 and P.L.2024, 
c.2.

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

���� 1.� Section 4 of P.L.1985, 
c.222 (C.52:27D-304) is amended to read as follows:

���� 4.� As used in P.L.1985, c.222 
(C.52:27D-301 et al.): 

���� a.��� "Council" 
means the Council on Affordable Housing established in P.L.1985, c.222 
(C.52:27D-301 et al.), abolished pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2024, c.2 
(C.52:27D-304.1).� 

���� b.��� "Housing 
region" means a geographic area established pursuant to subsection b. of 
section 6 of P.L.2024, c.2 (C.52:27D-304.2). 

���� c.��� "Low-income 
housing" means housing affordable according to federal Department of 
Housing and Urban Development or other recognized standards for home ownership 
and rental costs and occupied or reserved for occupancy by households with a 
gross household income equal to 50 percent or less of the median gross 
household income for households of the same size within the housing region in 
which the housing is located. 

���� d.��� "Moderate-income 
housing" means housing affordable according to federal Department of 
Housing and Urban Development or other recognized standards for home ownership 
and rental costs and occupied or reserved for occupancy by households with a gross 
household income equal to more than 50 percent but less than 80 percent of the 
median gross household income for households of the same size within the 
housing region in which the housing is located. 

���� e.��� (Deleted by amendment, 
P.L.2024, c.2)

���� f.���� "Inclusionary 
development" means a residential housing development in which a 
substantial percentage of the housing units are provided for a reasonable 
income range of low- and moderate-income households. 

���� g.��� "Conversion" 
means the conversion of existing commercial, industrial, or residential 
structures for low- and moderate-income housing purposes where a substantial 
percentage of the housing units are provided for a reasonable income range of 
low- and moderate-income households.

���� h.��� "Development" 
means any development for which permission may be required pursuant to the 
"Municipal Land Use Law," P.L.1975, c.291 (C.40:55D-1 et seq.). 

���� i.���� "Agency" 
means the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency established by 
P.L.1983, c.530 (C.55:14K-1 et seq.).

���� j.���� "Prospective 
need" means a projection of housing needs based on development and growth 
which is reasonably likely to occur in a region or a municipality, as the case 
may be, as a result of actual determination of public and private entities.� Prospective 
need shall be determined by the methodology set forth pursuant to sections 6 
and 7 of P.L.2024, c.2 (C.52:27D-304.2 and C.52:27D-304.3) for the fourth round 
and all future rounds of housing obligations. 

���� k.��� "Person with a 
disability" means a person with a physical disability, infirmity, 
malformation, or disfigurement which is caused by bodily injury, birth defect, 
aging, or illness including epilepsy and other seizure disorders, and which 
shall include, but not be limited to, any degree of paralysis, amputation, lack 
of physical coordination, blindness or visual impairment, deafness or hearing 
impairment, the inability to speak or a speech impairment, or physical reliance 
on a service animal, wheelchair, or other remedial appliance or device. 

���� l.���� "Adaptable" 
means constructed in compliance with the technical design standards of the 
barrier free subcode adopted by the Commissioner of Community Affairs pursuant 
to the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-119 
et seq.) and in accordance with the provisions of section 5 of P.L.2005, c.350 
(C.52:27D-123.15).

���� m.�� "Very low-income 
housing" means housing affordable according to federal Department of 
Housing and Urban Development or other recognized standards for home ownership 
and rental costs and occupied or reserved for occupancy by households with a gross 
household income equal to 30 percent or less of the median gross household 
income for households of the same size within the housing region in which the 
housing is located.

���� n.��� "Accessory dwelling 
unit" means a residential dwelling unit that provides complete independent 
living facilities with a private entrance for one or more persons, consisting 
of provisions for living, sleeping, eating, sanitation, a