Housing And Community Development
New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Allows siblings who share and equally co-own a primary residence to claim a joint homestead property tax reimbursement. [AB-360]
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Allows siblings who share and equally co-own a primary residence to claim a joint homestead property tax reimbursement.
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Requires contracting units and boards of education to credit contractors with interest earned on certain funds withheld from payment to contractors. [AB-2026]
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[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Requires contracting units and boards of education to credit contractors with interest earned on certain funds withheld from payment to contractors.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Proposes constitutional amendment to limit assessment of homestead real property. [ACR-95]
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[Property Tax ]
Proposes constitutional amendment to limit assessment of homestead real property.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Reauthorizes use of regional contribution agreements between municipalities within a 10-mile radius of each other for special needs housing; permits units transferred to be counted toward recipient municipality's fair share obligation. [AB-499]
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Reauthorizes use of regional contribution agreements between municipalities within a 10-mile radius of each other for special needs housing; permits units transferred to be counted toward recipient municipality's fair share obligation.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Exempts security deposits by residential tenants from provisions of "Uniform Unclaimed Property Act." [AB-515]
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[Real Estate ]
Exempts security deposits by residential tenants from provisions of "Uniform Unclaimed Property Act."
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US Congress 115th Congress
Seller Finance Enhancement Act [HB-1360]
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[Housing ]
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Seller Finance Enhancement Act This bill amends the S.A.F.E. Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 to exempt from certain licensing and registration requirements a person (other than a depository institution) that: (1) originates not more than 24 residential mortgage loans in a 12-month period, and (2) originates residential mortgage loans only with respect to property owned by the person. The Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of the Treasury shall jointly study and report to Congress on specified issues related to seller financing.
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To amend the National Housing Act to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to issue guidance to reduce up-front premiums for FHA-insured mortgages if the capital ratio of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund exceeds the statutory limit, and for other purposes. [HB-1321]
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To amend the National Housing Act to require the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to issue guidance to reduce up-front premiums for FHA-insured mortgages if the capital ratio of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund exceeds the statutory limit, and for other purposes. This bill amends the National Housing Act to require the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to: (1) on a monthly basis, review the capital ratio of the Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund; and (2) upon determining whether the fund's capital ratio exceeds a specified
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Requires Director of Division of Taxation to include sales of properties in age-restricted developments by third parties in table of equalized valuations. [AB-944]
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[Real Estate ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Requires Director of Division of Taxation to include sales of properties in age-restricted developments by third parties in table of equalized valuations.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Prohibits charging prospective tenants of affordable units credit and criminal background check fees unless unit will be available within 30 days. [AB-877]
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[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibits charging prospective tenants of affordable units credit and criminal background check fees unless unit will be available within 30 days.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Requires certain common interest community associations to publish certain information; requires that homeowners' association contracts for management and maintenance include 24-hour emergency services. [SB-357]
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Requires certain common interest community associations to publish certain information; requires that homeowners' association contracts for management and maintenance include 24-hour emergency services.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Revises definition of "landlord" to include rooming and boarding house owners and operators with regard to ordinances holding landlords to certain standards of responsibility. [SB-481]
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Revises definition of "landlord" to include rooming and boarding house owners and operators with regard to ordinances holding landlords to certain standards of responsibility.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Provides for fair notice and opportunity to contest, or obtain waiver of a repayment of, overpayment of homestead rebate or credit and homestead property tax reimbursement. [SB-299]
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[Senior Citizens ]
Provides for fair notice and opportunity to contest, or obtain waiver of a repayment of, overpayment of homestead rebate or credit and homestead property tax reimbursement.
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GRAND Act Generational Residences and Nurturing Dwellings Act [HB-1260]
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[Children and Youth ]
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GRAND Act Generational Residences and Nurturing Dwellings Act This bill establishes in the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) a program to provide assistance for each fiscal year to up to five eligible nonprofit organizations to expand the supply of specialized housing and social services for qualified elderly relatives, age 60 or older, who are raising a child of whom they are not a parent either by blood or marriage. Nothing in this bill shall preclude a recipient of such assistance from applying for or receiving financial assistance
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Authorizes installation of automatic standby generators in certain residences without zoning or planning board approval. [SB-204]
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Authorizes installation of automatic standby generators in certain residences without zoning or planning board approval.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Requires COAH to credit municipalities with units against fair share affordable housing obligation for certain types of housing; provides certain types of affordable housing units will be credited as two units. [AB-4773]
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Requires COAH to credit municipalities with units against fair share affordable housing obligation for certain types of housing; provides certain types of affordable housing units will be credited as two units.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Requires additional credit against fair share obligation for abandoned property converted to affordable housing. [AB-4774]
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Requires additional credit against fair share obligation for abandoned property converted to affordable housing.
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New Jersey 2016-2017 Regular Session
Proposes constitutional amendment to prohibit judiciary from requiring municipalities to accept specific land uses, including affordable housing, unless directed by statute. [ACR-236]
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Proposes constitutional amendment to prohibit judiciary from requiring municipalities to accept specific land uses, including affordable housing, unless directed by statute.
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Equal Opportunity for Residential Representation Act [HB-1146]
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[Law Enforcement ]
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[Human Services ]
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Equal Opportunity for Residential Representation Act This bill requires the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD's) Office of Community Planning and Development to carry out a program to make grants to organizations to provide legal services and other related supportive services on behalf of low-income families (including individuals and victims of domestic violence) who reside in a rental dwelling unit and have an income that does not exceed 80% of the median income for the area in which the family resides. The following organizations
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Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 [HB-1153]
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Mortgage Choice Act of 2017 (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Truth in Lending Act to specify that neither escrow charges for insurance nor affiliated title charges shall be considered "points and fees" for purposes of determining whether a mortgage is a "high-cost mortgage." (A high-cost mortgage designation restricts the terms of the loan and requires a lender to make certain disclosures to the borrower.)
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Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2017 [HB-915]
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[Consumer Protection ]
Permanently Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2017 This bill restores and revives the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009, and any regulations promulgated pursuant to it, as if the Act had not expired after 2014.