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Introduced Session

This bill requires the landlord of a senior citizen housing project to maintain a heating system adequate to maintain an inside temperature in all habitable rooms, bathrooms, and water closets of at least 70 degrees Fahrenheit from October 1 of each year to May 1 of each year. To determine landlord compliance with the bill, room temperature will be measured at least one foot away from any surface at the coldest portion of the space subject to regular use by its occupants. Current law permits a local board of health to adopt ordinances and make rules and regulations establishing minimum heating temperatures for buildings designed to be occupied as residences by more than two families. Current State regulations governing heating standards in hotels, multiple dwelling units, and rooming and boarding houses require dwellings to have heating facilities that are capable of safely and adequately heating all habitable rooms, bathrooms, and water closet compartments to a temperature of at least 68 degrees. The "Standards of Habitability" established by the State Housing Code (N.J.A.C.5:28-1 et seq.) require dwelling owners to supply or furnish heat adequate to maintain an inside temperature in all habitable rooms, bathrooms, and water closets of 68 degrees Fahrenheit from 6:00 A.M. to 11:00 P.M. and 65 degrees Fahrenheit from 11:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M., from October 1 of each year to the next succeeding May 1.

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Ralph Caputo (D)*,  Cleopatra Tucker (D)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee (on 01/27/2016)