Landlord-Tenant Housing Advocacy Guide: Agencies & Organizations

From the NJ Courts Self-Help Center, Information for landlord tenant cases, including Forms and Process, Settlement, Preparing for Trial, After the Trial, Laws and Legal Research, Housing Assistance, Frequently Asked Questions, and a Glossary.

This brochure gives you general information about your rights as a tenant and how eviction proceedings can happen. It is not intended to take the place of legal advice and it cannot answer every question you might have about your situation. Situations involving commercial rental units, seasonal rentals or rentals where the owner lives on-site and there are only one or two rental units, could be subject to additional laws.

The National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) is the nation's consumer law expert. There are now 21 consumer law treatises, many of which are well over 1000 print pages, not counting thousands of sample pleadings, practice aids and primary sources that are available online with the titles.

April 2021 (updated May 2021)

how renters with and without such subsidies fared after the onset of the pandemic. This combined analysis provides insights for policymakers and practitioners working to stabilize tenants hit hardest by the pandemic, and points to the role a housing safety net can play in buffering vulnerable households against economic downturns.

This paper provides a synthesis of findings from these two surveys and identifies several key implications for policy makers regarding both current and longer-term efforts needed to support renters and stabilize rental markets through times of financial crisis.

February 2022. The paper provides an overview of the eviction crisis, and the history and implementation of the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP), a program created to address matters of housing instability exacerbated by the pandemic. We attempt to overlay a lens of organizational learning over our examination, with a focus on lessons that might be drawn from the implementation of ERAP of learning and effectiveness of organizational processes. We conclude with summary findings about how the experiences of implementing ERAP provides insight into how New Jersey municipalities respond to housing needs exacerbated by a crisis such as COVID-19.

c2020. Written and published by Legal Services of New Jersey. This manual gives you the information you need to be a good tenant and make sure that your landlord treats you properly and fairly. The manual explains a tenant’s rights and responsibilities under New Jersey laws.

The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency (NJHMFA) advances the quality of life for residents of and communities throughout New Jersey by investing in, financing, and facilitating access to affordable rental housing and homeownership opportunities for low and moderate-income families, older adults, and individuals with specialized housing needs.

Landlord-Tenant Information forms and publications available from this website are intended to assist both residential landlords and tenants to understand their rights and responsibilities. The principal publication is Truth in Renting, which is available in both English and Spanish.

In accordance with the Truth in Renting Act, the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs has posted this reference guide to highlight important information regarding the rights and responsibilities of residential landlords and tenants in New Jersey. This publication highlights information about lease agreements, payment, and collection of rent, habitability, evictions, senior citizens and protected tenants, foreclosures, security deposits, and other topics pertaining to residential tenancies in New Jersey.

The Section 8 Housing Voucher Program assists in making safe and quality housing in the private rental market affordable to low, and very low-income households by reducing housing costs through direct rent subsidy payments to landlords. The program is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). (2021). Affordable Housing, Eviction, and Health. Evidence Matters. Office of Policy Development and Research. HUD. Summer, 2021.

a comprehensive online tool that allows users to explore the entire legal process of eviction – from pre-filing to post-judgment – in communities across the country.

via U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Find information about subsidized housing, public housing and housing choice vouchers (Section 8), and other helpful resources.