New Jersey Housing Rights and Opportunities Amendment (2015)

Not on Ballot
This measure was not put on an election ballot

The New Jersey Housing Rights and Opportunities Amendment was not on the November 3, 2015 ballot in New Jersey as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure would have clarified that the state is not obligated "to facilitate the availability of housing for all income levels in every municipality," and prohibited "laws requiring municipalities to provide housing opportunities through zoning and land use regulations."

The measure was primarily sponsored by Assemblywoman Alison Little McHose (R-24) and Assemblyman Parker Space (R-24) in the New Jersey Legislature, where it was known as Assembly Concurrent Resolution 15. It would have amended paragraph 1 of Article I and paragraph 2 of Article IV, Section VI of the New Jersey Constitution.

Text of measure

ACR 15 would have appeared as follows:

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Support

• Assemblywoman Alison Little McHose (R-24), sponsor
• Assemblyman Parker Space (R-24), sponsor

Path to the ballot

See also: Amending the New Jersey Constitution

At the time in New Jersey, proposed constitutional amendments had two ways of achieving ballot access. The New Jersey Legislature could either qualify it with supermajority approval of 60 percent in one legislative session or with simple majorities in two successive sessions. This measure did not receive the necessary supermajority required for a 2014 ballot placement. The measure did not come up for a vote in 2015.

See also

Suggest a link

• 2015 ballot measures
• New Jersey 2015 ballot measures
• List of New Jersey ballot measures

External links

• Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 15, as introduced

Additional reading

• NJ.com, "Critics blast Christie administration's new NJ affordable housing plan," July 2, 2014