Bill Text: NJ A1757 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Requires inclusion of information about discriminatory housing practices in Truth in Renting Guide.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-11 - Reported out of Assembly Comm. with Amendments, 2nd Reading [A1757 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2018-A1757-Amended.html
ASSEMBLY, No. 1757
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
218th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2018 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Assemblywoman ANNETTE QUIJANO
District 20 (Union)
SYNOPSIS
Requires inclusion of information about discriminatory housing practices in Truth in Renting Guide.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee on June 11, 2018, with amendments.
An Act concerning discriminatory housing practices and amending P.L.1975, c.310.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 3 of P.L.1975, c.310 (C.46:8-45) is amended to read as follows:
3. a. (1) The department shall, as soon as practicable and annually thereafter, after public hearing, prepare and make available at no cost to the public, to the extent that funding has been made available to the department for free distribution, a statement, in a form and size suitable for posting and distributing pursuant to the provisions of this act, of the primary clearly established legal rights and responsibilities of tenants and landlords of rental dwelling units.
(2) This statement shall be printed in both the English and Spanish languages and shall be posted on the department's Internet website, in an easily printable format, and updated annually. The statement shall serve as an informational document, and nothing therein shall be construed as binding on or affecting a judicial determination under section 6 of P.L.1975, c.310 (C.46:8-48) of what constitutes a lease provision which violates clearly established legal rights of tenants or responsibilities of landlords.
(3) The statement shall contain information about discriminatory housing practices prohibited under the "Law Against Discrimination," P.L.1945, c.169 (C.10:5-1 et seq.) in substantially the following form:
The New Jersey 1"1 Law Against Discrimination 1"1 requires equal treatment in the sale or rental of housing regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, familial status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, mental and physical disability, nationality, 1pregnancy,1 or source of lawful income. 1[Because a state] A State1 or federally issued housing voucher 1, or any other lawful rental subsidy,1 qualifies as a source of lawful income 1. Therefore1 , it is unlawful for a landlord to refuse to rent to persons 1on the basis that they would be paying1 with Section 8 housing vouchers 1or any other lawful rental subsidies1. It is also an unlawful practice to advertise that a landlord will not rent to persons with Section 8 housing vouchers 1or any other lawful rental subsidies1.
b. Where practical considerations make it necessary for the department to limit the extent of the statement, items to be included shall be selected on the basis of the importance of their inclusion in protecting the rights of the public.
(cf: P.L.2007, c.177, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
