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Bill Text

S2430 

SENATE, No. 2430 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Senator ANTHONY M. BUCCO

District 25 (Morris and Passaic)

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Space

SYNOPSIS

���� Clarifies scope of affordable housing obligations.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

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

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An Act concerning affordable housing obligations and amending 
P.L.1985, c.222.

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 this act 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.), which shall have primary jurisdiction for the 
administration of housing obligations in accordance with sound regional 
planning considerations in this State. 

���� b.��� "Housing 
region" means a geographic area of not less than two nor more than four 
contiguous, whole counties which exhibit significant social, economic and 
income similarities, and which constitute to the greatest extent practicable 
the primary metropolitan statistical areas as last defined by the United States 
Census Bureau prior to the effective date of P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-301 et 
al.). 

���� 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% 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.���� "Resolution of 
participation" means a resolution adopted by a municipality in which the 
municipality chooses to prepare a fair share plan and housing element in 
accordance with P.L.1985, c.222 (C.52:27D-301 et al.). 

���� 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.� In 
determining prospective need, consideration shall be given to approvals of 
development applications, real property transfers, and economic projections 
prepared by the State Planning Commission established by sections 1 through 12 
of P.L.1985, c.398 (C.52:18A-196 et seq.). 

���� 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 ren