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Tenants Right in
New Jersey - Manual
http://www.lsnjlaw.org/Publications/Pages/Manuals/TenantsRights.pdf
Newark Tenants United
hNewark Tenants United is a collection of affiliated Tenant Associations in the City of Newark, New Jersey, each of whom have a charter with the NJ Tenants Organization. We officially formed in 2011 with three tenant associations. These tenant associations are working together to achieve common goals and to advance public policy. Our current focus is on the Newark Rent Control Ordinance. Each tenant association makes their own internal decisions. We are the largest municipal tenant alliance in New Jersey. Our four affiliates in Newark include:
The Colonnades and Facebook page Colonnades Residents Coalition
The Pavilion (click Pavilion tab up top), and Facebook Page Pavilion Tenants Association
380-402 Mt. Prospect (a link here exists, but is hidden pending edits), and
Forest Hill Towers currently using Facebook Page Forest Hill Towers Tenants Association
Th is manual is for tenantsInformation is the key to a good relationship between a tenant and landlord. 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. An informed tenant may be better able to solve problems with his or her landlord directly, without the need for lawyers or judges.
Note:
Tenants in public housing and other federal and state assisted housing have rights in addition to those discussed in this manual.
This manual is also for landlords. Although written for tenants, this manual can also be of help to landlords. The manual describes a landlord’s legal duties in renting apartments or homes to tenants.
Landlords who know and follow the law are more likely to have good tenants and well-kept property. Following the law is just good business.
New Jersey Tenants Organization
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About NJTO:
The New Jersey Tenants Organization (NJTO) is the oldest, largest statewide tenant membership organization in the United States.
NJTO has been successful in lobbying at the state level for tenants rights and affordable housing. NJTO has a history of endorsing political candidates who are pro-tenant.
While NJTO works at the state level, it also assists in organizing affiliated building, city, and county tenant organizations throughout the state of New Jersey. NJTO provides tenants with a basic education about their rights and gives guidance to tenants who are dues paying members.
Over the last 38 years, NJTO has changed New Jersey from one of the worst states for tenants to (arguably) the best. A body of State laws has been passed because of the NJTO. NJTO was also successful in establishing the basic rights of tenants to organize through a series of major court decisons.
NJTO is the driving force behind the movement for municipal rent control in New Jersey (approximately 115 municipalities have rent control laws -- far more than any other state). From eviction protection to security deposit protection to recognition of tenants as taxpayers to rent control and affordable housing, NJTO has changed New Jersey's tenants from tenth class citizens (little more than serfs) to second class citizens. We have a long way to go, but we have come farther than anywhere else.