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Bills affecting Currently unhoused in New Jersey (2026 session)
CivicRadar surfaces 37 active New Jersey bills this session that affect currently unhoused constituents directly. Your rep needs to hear from you before the vote.
Top 20 bills, ranked
Ranked by how strongly each bill matches the currently unhoused community, weighted by stage, recency, advocacy-org consensus, and sponsor support.
- 01NJ · A3481Introduced
Revises "Homelessness Prevention Program"; requires new charge for filing of eviction action.
- 02NJ · A2994In committee
Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.
- 03NJ · S4502In committee
Authorizes State acquisition of certain real property to expand affordable, rapid, and transitional housing options; makes appropriation.
- 04NJ · S1108In committee
Establishes grant program for homeless veterans shelters.
- 05NJ · A1779In committee
Requires Homelessness Prevention Program agencies to remain open during public health emergency and provides for funding of each agency.
- 06NJ · A5026In committee
Requires organizations providing services to homeless persons to participate in Homeless Management Information System to track occupancy of shelter beds.
- 07NJ · S2620In committee
Requires State to bear partial cost of transportation of certain homeless students to school.
- 08NJ · A3464In committee
Prohibits emergency homeless shelters from conditioning provision of shelter on enrollment in certain programs.
- 09NJ · S1155In committee
Establishes matching grant program in DCA to support community-based nonprofit organizations that provide shelter services during Code Blue alerts.
- 10NJ · S1105In committee
Makes supplemental appropriation of $600,000 to Joseph's House of Camden to provide shelter and services to people experiencing homelessness.
- 11NJ · A2315In committee
Requires Office of Homelessness Prevention to contract with county agencies or nonprofits to issue certain identification and birth certificates to individuals experiencing homelessness; appropriates $2 million.
- 12NJ · A3322In committee
"Homeless Bill of Rights."
- 13NJ · A3627In committee
Establishes Statewide database of beds in shelters for homeless persons.
- 14NJ · A347In committee
Prohibits use of fireworks on property adjacent to animal shelter, pound, or kennel.
- 15NJ · S1916In committee
Establishes Domestic Violence Shelter Pet Grant Program to provide funds to house pets in shelters with their owners.
- 16NJ · A949In committee
Establishes Safe Haven Homeless Housing Program; appropriates $30 million.
- 17NJ · A3333In committee
Provides reimbursement to emergency shelter following certain evictions.
- 18NJ · A3992In committee
Establishes "Youth Homelessness Guaranteed Income Pilot Program Act."
- 19NJ · A4566In committee
Requires municipal participation in sheltering homeless individuals.
- 20NJ · A4933In committee
Requires Director of Division of Housing and Community Resources in DCA to establish program to reimburse municipality which provides services to nonresident homeless persons; requires participation in Homeless Management Information System; appropriates $10 million.
- What currently unhoused bills are moving in New Jersey in 2026?
- CivicRadar currently tracks 37 New Jersey bills this session that affect currently unhoused constituents including Revises "Homelessness Prevention Program"; requires new charge for filing of eviction action.; Authorizes special Support Our Veterans license plate with proceeds supporting New Jersey homeless veteran's centers.; Authorizes State acquisition of certain real property to expand affordable, rapid, and transitional housing options; makes appropriation..
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- How does CivicRadar decide which bills affect currently unhoused people?
- CivicRadar matches bill text, sponsor signals, and advocacy-organization positions against a curated set of identity keywords, then ranks by legislative stage and recency. See the Methodology page for the full breakdown.
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