Bill > A5664

Introduced Session

This bill would provide for legal representation for residential lessees and tenants in any action filed in the Superior Court, Law Division, Special Civil Part seeking their removal or eviction pursuant to a proceeding set forth in chapter 18 of Title 2A of the New Jersey Statutes. Under the bill, any covered residential lessee or tenant would be entitled to be represented by counsel. The court could adjourn any removal or eviction proceeding for a reasonable period of time for any lessee or tenant to secure counsel. The court would appoint counsel for any lessee or tenant who is earning an income, after taxes, that is 80 percent or less of the current area median income established annually by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development; or found by the court to have an inability to pay for an attorney.

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Paul Moriarty (D)*,  Gabriela Mosquera (D)*,  Raj Mukherji (D)*,  Benjie Wimberly (D)*,  Daniel Benson (D), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee (on 05/12/2021)