Bill > A4136

Introduced Session

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.

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Carol Murphy (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee (on 02/19/2026)

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