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 under existing housing ordinances. It specifically expands the current definition - which already covers small rental properties (under four units) and mobile home owners - to cover these properties as well. This change allows municipalities to apply the same safety, maintenance, and responsibility standards to rooming and boarding houses that they currently apply to smaller residential rentals. The bill does not create new requirements but enables local governments to extend existing ordinances to these properties if they choose. The change takes effect immediately for new ordinances adopted after the bill's passage.