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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The Legislature further finds that it is in the public interest of the State to avoid the forced eviction and the
displacement of the handicapped wherever possible because of their limited mobility and the limited number of
housing units which are suitable for their needs.

The Legislature further declares that in the service of this public interest it is appropriate that qualified senior citizen
tenants and disabled tenants be accorded a period of protected tenancy, during which they shall be entitled to the fair

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enjoyment of the dwelling unit within the converted residential structure, to continue for such time, up to 40 years, as
the conditions and circumstances which make necessary such protected tenancy shall continue.

The Legislature further finds that the promotion of this public interest is possible only if senior citizen tenants and
disabled tenants are protected during this period from alterations in the terms of the tenancy or rent increases which
are the result solely of an owner's decision to convert.
L.1981, c. 226, s. 2, eff. July 27, 1981.

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