Last month, Governor Murphy signed the Fair Chance in Housing Act into law. Under this law, with certain exceptions, a landlord and its agent in New Jersey are prohibited from requiring a potential tenant to complete any housing application that includes any inquiries regarding the tenant’s criminal record prior to there being a “conditional offer”.
A conditional offer is defined as “an offer to rent or lease a rental dwelling unit to an applicant that is contingent on a subsequent inquiry into the applicant’s criminal record, or any other eligibility criteria that the housing provider may lawfully utilize.”
Read the full announcement here.
