NEWARK HOUSING v. MARTINEZ-VEGA

Docket No: LT 20023-11

34 A.3d 1271 (2012)

424 N.J. Super. 24

NEWARK HOUSING AUTHORITY, Plaintiff, v. Virginia MARTINEZ-VEGA, Luis Vega, and George Borges, Defendants.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division, Special Civil Part, Essex County.

January 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah E. Jones for plaintiff ( Ellen M. Harris , Senior Counsel, Department of Community Affairs, Newark Housing Authority, attorney).

Karen Thurston for defendants (Essex Newark Legal Services, attorneys).


FAST, J.S.C. (retired and temporarily assigned on recall).

This is an opinion of first impression, relating to the factors that must be considered before a summary action for possession is commenced when a tenant resides in a federally subsidized publicly owned apartment, as these defendants do. This opinion discusses those factors and their relevance to the decision by plaintiff to proceed with the eviction of a family group.

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