The decision specifies the amount tenants must pay to avoid eviction.
A New Jersey appeals court ruling is being hailed as a success by tenant advocates, reports P. Kenneth Burns for WHYY.
The decision clarifies how much tenants facing eviction need to pay to avoid having to vacate their homes, stating that tenants must pay the amount set forth in the judgment of possession after landlords initiate legal action.
According to Ashley Maddison, the managing attorney at Rutgers Law School’s Housing Justice Program, “This helps out the tenants, it helps out the social service providers and the rental assistance providers that they know exactly what amount that they have to put forward.”
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