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Bills affecting Housing-insecure in New Jersey (2026 session)
CivicRadar surfaces 29 active New Jersey bills this session that affect housing-insecure constituents directly. Your rep needs to hear from you before the vote.
Top 20 bills, ranked
Ranked by how strongly each bill matches the housing-insecure community, weighted by stage, recency, advocacy-org consensus, and sponsor support.
- 01NJ · A3481Introduced
Revises "Homelessness Prevention Program"; requires new charge for filing of eviction action.
- 02NJ · A1078In committee
Requires distribution of certain eviction prevention information.
- 03NJ · A1779In committee
Requires Homelessness Prevention Program agencies to remain open during public health emergency and provides for funding of each agency.
- 04NJ · A3279In committee
Creates Statewide right to counsel program in certain eviction proceedings, and appropriates $20,000,000.
- 05NJ · S1155In committee
Establishes matching grant program in DCA to support community-based nonprofit organizations that provide shelter services during Code Blue alerts.
- 06NJ · S1105In committee
Makes supplemental appropriation of $600,000 to Joseph's House of Camden to provide shelter and services to people experiencing homelessness.
- 07NJ · A2315In committee
Requires Office of Homelessness Prevention to contract with county agencies or nonprofits to issue certain identification and birth certificates to individuals experiencing homelessness; appropriates $2 million.
- 08NJ · A347In committee
Prohibits use of fireworks on property adjacent to animal shelter, pound, or kennel.
- 09NJ · S1916In committee
Establishes Domestic Violence Shelter Pet Grant Program to provide funds to house pets in shelters with their owners.
- 10NJ · A3333In committee
Provides reimbursement to emergency shelter following certain evictions.
- 11NJ · A3992In committee
Establishes "Youth Homelessness Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act."
- 12NJ · A4922In committee
Establishes affirmative defense of Social Security hardship in certain eviction actions.
- 13NJ · A5026In committee
Requires organizations providing services to homeless persons to participate in Homeless Management Information System to track occupancy of shelter beds.
- 14NJ · S407In committee
Provides exception for Legal Services of New Jersey and other public interest organizations from confidentiality of certain eviction actions.
- 15NJ · S3040In committee
Establishes "New Jersey Eviction Crisis Task Force."
- 16NJ · S3705In committee
Directs DCA to end veteran homelessness within three years.
- 17NJ · A489In committee
Codifies and enhances use of breach of implied warranty of habitability as defense to certain eviction actions.
- 18NJ · A585In committee
Concerns application of residential rental property inspection findings in rental assistance determinations and eviction actions.
- 19NJ · A2068In committee
Requires registry of animal rescue organizations; requires animal rescue, pet shop, shelter, or pound notify person adopting or purchasing animal of animal's behavioral and medical history; designated as "Rocky's Law."
- 20NJ · A2696In committee
Provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax returns to support programming to address family homelessness.
- What housing-insecure bills are moving in New Jersey in 2026?
- CivicRadar currently tracks 29 New Jersey bills this session that affect housing-insecure constituents including Revises "Homelessness Prevention Program"; requires new charge for filing of eviction action.; Requires distribution of certain eviction prevention information.; Requires Homelessness Prevention Program agencies to remain open during public health emergency and provides for funding of each agency..
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- How does CivicRadar decide which bills affect housing-insecure people?
- CivicRadar matches bill text, sponsor signals, and advocacy-organization positions against a curated set of identity keywords, then ranks by legislative stage and recency. See the Methodology page for the full breakdown.
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