# N.J. Stat. § 52:27D-287j: Definitions

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## Section

- **Citation:** N.J. Stat. § 52:27D-287j
- **Heading:** Definitions
- **Jurisdiction:** New Jersey
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** New Jersey Code / Title 52 / Chapter 27D / Section 27D-287j

## Text

3. As used in P.L.2025, c.348 (C.52:27D-287h et seq.): “Community-based organization” means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.2009, c.123 (C.52:27D-287c). “Municipal homeless housing grant program” means the vehicle by which competitive grants are awarded by the governing body of the municipality, utilizing monies from the municipal homelessness trust fund authorized pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2025, c.348 (C.52:27D-287l), for activities directly related to housing homeless individuals and families, preventing homelessness, and other efforts directly related to permanently housing homeless persons, as administered by the municipality or its designated subcontractor. “Homeless housing plan” means a strategic plan adopted by a municipality, prepared in consultation with the Department of Community Affairs and a community-based organization that operates in or serves the municipality, to address the housing needs of persons experiencing homelessness within its jurisdiction that includes measurable and achievable objectives to end homelessness in the municipality. “Outcome measurement” means the same as that term is defined in section 3 of P.L.2009, c.123 (C.52:27D-287c). “Person experiencing homelessness” means an individual living outside, or in a building not meant for human habitation or which the person as no legal right to occupy, in an emergency shelter, or in a temporary housing program which may include a transitional and supportive housing program if habitation time limits exist, or temporarily in the home of another household, or in a hotel or motel. “Trust fund” means a municipal homelessness trust fund established pursuant to section 5 of P.L.2025, c.348 (C.52:27D-287l). L.2025, c.348, s.3.

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