New Jersey Landlords are the Target of Punitive NJ Tenant Laws

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New Jersey Landlords are the Target of Punitive NJ Tenant Laws

If you are a landlord in New Jersey beware! New Jersey law is biased against you. The laws are written to protect the tenant not you the landlord.

Free Legal Aid provides useful information about eviction. In addition to the video here, be sure you check out other resources.

NEW JERSEY EVICTION LAW

Except for residential lessees and tenants included in section 2 of this act, any lessee or tenant at will or at sufferance, or for a part of a year, or for one or more years, of any houses, buildings, lands or tenements, and the assigns, check to learn more.

Programs to Prevent Eviction

New Jersey has several programs to help people who are in danger of being evicted and becoming homeless because they cannot pay their rent. The two major programs are the Emergency Assistance (EA) Program and the Homelessness Prevention Program (HPP). check to learn more.

NEW JERSEY EVICTION PROCESS

Eviction Law in New Jersey is regulated by N.J.S. 2A:18-61.1, which is commonly referred to as the “Anti-Eviction Act.” This law says that tenants can only be evicted for certain reasons which are considered “Good Cause.” check to learn more.