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Read. Follow. Verify.New Jersey bill requires Office of Eviction Prevention to publish county-by-county eviction data online
Last action · October 29, 2026: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Housing CommitteeSponsor: Peterpaul, Luanne M., Esq.
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What This Bill Would Do
The bill requires the New Jersey Office of Eviction Prevention to collect, update, and publicly publish comprehensive county-by-county eviction statistics in collaboration with the Administrative Office of the Courts.
Tenants, researchers, and policymakers gain direct public access to official metrics on local housing instability, including total filings, summonses, eviction orders, completed evictions, and averted cases.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Office of Eviction Prevention
The office is legally required to collect, compile, and publish county-level eviction data on its internet website in collaboration with the courts.
Administrative Office of the Courts
The office must collaborate with the Office of Eviction Prevention to supply eviction filing data for each vicinage.
residential tenants
Tenants gain public access to local eviction filing statistics and outcome data across New Jersey counties.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Oct 29, 2026HouseIntroducedIntroduced, Referred to Assembly Housing Committee
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