New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A4893: Safe and Sanitary Rental Housing Act-establishes
Status: In committee, May 7, 2026
Establishes the "Safe and Sanitary Rental Housing Act."
What the bill says
An Act establishing the Safe and Sanitary Rental Housing Act and amending and supplementing various parts of the statutory law. Jersey: 1. (New section) This act may be known and may be cited as the Safe Sanitary Rental Housing Act. 2. (New section) The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Too many residents of the State of New Jersey are currently residing in substandard rental housing, which fails to meet minimum standards of safety and sanitation; b. Landlords should be held accountable and should be required to provide safe and sanitary housing accommodations; c. Existing laws conce.
From the introduced text, May 7, 2026:
An Act establishing the Safe and Sanitary Rental Housing Act and amending and supplementing various parts of the statutory law. Jersey: 1. (New section) This act may be known and may be cited as the Safe Sanitary Rental Housing Act. 2. (New section) The Legislature finds and declares that: a. Too many residents of the State of New Jersey are currently residing in substandard rental housing, which fails to meet minimum standards of safety and sanitation; b. Landlords should be held accountable and should be required to provide safe and sanitary housing accommodations; c. Existing laws concerning registration of landlords are too lax and allow landlords to skirt responsibilities to their rental housing units and tenants, creating a dangerous environment for tenants, as well as the other members of the communities in which the rental housing units are located; and d. Therefore, it is in the public interest that the State revise and expand upon current law governing the obligations of landlords to their tenants, in order to reinforce to landlords that the safety and security of their tenants is of paramount importance. 3. (New section) a. In any action before the court in which a resident tenant asserts a warranty of habitability violation by the landlord, the court shall determine whether the landlord receives a rental subsidy. If it …