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

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

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 b. Qualifies as an eligible senior citizen tenant or disabled tenant pursuant to this amendatory and
supplementary act; and
c. Has an annual household income that does not exceed an amount equal to three times the county per
capita personal income, as last reported by the Department of Labor and Industry on the basis of the U.S.
Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis data, or $50,000.00, whichever is greater; and
d. Has occupied the premises as his principal residence for at least one year or has a lease on the premise
for a period longer than one year.

The department shall adjust the county per capita personal income to be used in subsection c. of this section if there is
a difference of one or more years between (1) the year in which the last reported county per capita personal income
was based and (2) the last year in which the tenant's annual household income is based. The county per capita
personal income shall be adjusted by the department by an amount equal to the number of years of the difference
above times the average increase or decrease in the county per capita personal income for three years, including in
the calculation the current year reported and the three immediately preceding years.