N.J. DCA Landlord/Tenant Information Series — Discrimination Law

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N.J. DCA Landlord/Tenant Information Series — Discrimination Law
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New Jersey (state)
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2. All of the provisions of the act to which this act is a supplement shall be construed to
prohibit any unlawful discrimination against any person because such person is or has been at
any time disabled or any unlawful employment practice against such person, unless the nature
and extent of the disability reasonably precludes the performance of the particular employment.
It shall be unlawful discrimination under the "Law Against Discrimination," P.L.1945, c.169
(C.10:5-1 et seq.) to discriminate against any buyer or renter because of the disability of a person
residing in or intending to reside in a dwelling after it is sold, rented or made available or
because of any person associated with the buyer or renter.
L.1972,c.114,s.2; amended 1978,c.137,s.2; 1992,c.146,s.3; 2003, c.180.

10:5-9.1 Enforcement of laws against discrimination in public housing and real property.

1. The Division on Civil Rights in the Department of Law and Public Safety shall
enforce the laws of this State against discrimination in housing built with, or leased with the
assistance of, public funds or public assistance, pursuant to any law, and in real property, as
defined in the law hereby supplemented, because of race, religious principles, color, national
origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, familial status, disability,
nationality, sex, gender identity or expression or source of lawful income used for rental or
mortgage payments. The said laws shall be so enforced in the manner prescribed in the act to
which this act is a supplement.
L.1954,c.198,s.1; amended 1961, c.106, s.5; 1963, c.40, s.18; 1970, c.80, s.12; 1991, c.519, s.6; 1992, c.146, s.7; 2002, c.82, s.2; 2003, c.180, s.9;
2006, c.100, s.7.