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

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N.J. DCA Landlord/Tenant Information Series — Eviction Law
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New Jersey (state)
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https://www.nj.gov/dca/codes/publications/pdf_lti/evic_law.pdf ↗

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 b. This has resulted in unfortunate attempts to displace tenants employing pretexts, stratagems or means
other than those provided pursuant to the intent of State eviction laws designated to fairly balance and
protect rights of tenants and landlords.
c. These devices have circumvented the intent of current State eviction laws by failing to utilize available
means to avoid displacement, such as: protected tenancies; rights to purchase; rent affordability protection;
full disclosures relevant to eviction challenges; and stays of eviction where relocation is lacking.
d. It is in the public interest of the State to maintain for citizens the broadest protections available under State
eviction laws to avoid such displacement and resultant loss of affordable housing, which, due to housing's
uniqueness as the most costly and difficult to change necessity of life, causes overcrowding, unsafe and
unsanitary conditions, blight, burdens on community services, wasted resources, homelessness,
emigration from the State and personal hardship, which is particularly severe for vulnerable seniors, the
disabled, the frail, minorities, large families and single parents.
e. Such personal hardship includes, but is not limited to: economic loss, time loss, physical and emotional
stress, and in some cases severe emotional trauma, illness, homelessness or other irreparable harm
resulting from strain of eviction controversy; relocation search and moving difficulties; anxiety caused by
lack of information, uncertainty, and resultant planning difficulty; employment, education, family and social
disruption; relocation and empty unit security hazards; relocation to premises of less affordability, capacity,
accessibility and physical or environmental quality; and relocation adjustment problems,