New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey S388: Multiple dwellings-prov priority status to cert residents moving to lower floors
Status: Passed one chamber, October 5, 2026
Requires owners of certain multiple dwellings of three or more floors to provide priority status to senior citizens and disabled residents moving to lower floors.
What the bill says
An Act concerning services available to certain residents in multiple dwellings and supplementing P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.).
From the introduced text, January 13, 2026:
An Act concerning services available to certain residents in multiple dwellings and supplementing P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.). Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. a. For purposes of this section, qualifying resident means a senior citizen or a person with a disability which hinders or limits mobility. b. The owner of a multiple dwelling with three or more floors that is not held in a cooperative, condominium, or other common interest form of ownership governed by "The Planned Real Estate Development Full Disclosure Act," P.L.1977, c.419 (C.45:22A-21 et seq.), the "Condominium Act," P.L.1969, c.257 (C.46:8B-1 et seq.), the "Horizontal Property Act," P.L.1963, c.168 (C.46:8A-1 et seq.), or "The Cooperative Recording Act of New Jersey," P.L.1987, c.381 (C.46:8D-1 et seq.), shall grant priority status to a qualifying resident who already resides in the building, and is seeking to move into a unit with the same number of bedrooms located on a lower floor within the multiple dwelling. A qualifying resident shall be granted the right of first refusal over applicants seeking to move into the multiple dwelling and over other non-qualifying residents of the multiple dwelling seeking to move into a unit on a lower floor. The requirements of this subsection shall not displace any existing affordability requirements, targeting requirements, and …
Sponsors
- Brian P. Stack (D, 33) · primary sponsor
- Andrew Zwicker (D, 16) · primary sponsor
- Paul D. Moriarty (D, 4)
- Britnee N. Timberlake (D, 34)
- Benjie E. Wimberly (D, 35)
- Shirley K. Turner (D, 15)
- Angela V. McKnight (D, 31)
Latest actions
- : REP 2RA
- : R/A REF AHO
- : PS (40-0)
- : REP 2RS
- : INT 1RS REF SCU
Votes
- Assembly Housing Committee: Reported favorably (October 5, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE - Multiple dwellings-prov priority status to cert residents moving to lower floors (June 18, 2026): 40 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee: Reported favorably (June 1, 2026): 5 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: HUMAN SERVICES - DISABLED, VETERANS AND MILITARY, HOUSING - HOTELS AND MULTIPLE DWELLINGS
Common questions
- What is S388?
- S388 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Multiple dwellings-prov priority status to cert residents moving to lower floors.
- What does S388 do?
- In its own words: An Act concerning services available to certain residents in multiple dwellings and supplementing P.L.1967, c.76 (C.55:13A-1 et seq.).
- What is the status of S388?
- Passed one chamber as of October 5, 2026. Latest action: REP 2RA (October 5, 2026).
- Who sponsored S388?
- Brian P. Stack (D, 33), with 6 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for S388?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/S388
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