Revises definition of "landlord" to include rooming and boarding house owners and operators with regard to ordinances holding landlords to certain standards of responsibility.

This bill revises New Jersey's definition of "landlord" to include owners and operators of rooming and boarding houses, expanding the scope of existing ordinances that hold landlords to certain standards. It directly affects municipalities (which can now adopt new local rules) and rooming/boarding house operators (who would face similar requirements as small rental property owners). The key mechanism is amending the definition in state law to explicitly cover these housing providers under the same responsibility standards applied to properties with fewer than four units. This change allows communities to address issues like maintenance and safety in rooming/boarding houses through local ordinances. The bill does not alter current ordinances but enables new local regulations for this housing type.