1.The Rent Control Ordinance was amended on September 05, 2017. Please see Rent Control Certified Ordinance 6PSF-(a) 090517 (Click here)

2. Office of Rent Control Frequently Asked Questions – FAQ (Click Here)

3.Executive Order MEO-20-0004- (Click here)

4. Rent Registration Form – (Click here)

5. Rent Control Board Hearing Schedule for 2024 (Click Here)

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ATTENTION TENANTS & LANDLORDS

The rents for any housing space shall not be increased more than the percentages stated below in any consecutive twelve (12) month period irrespective of the number of different tenants occupying the housing space during the twelve (12) month period, any change of ownership of the Landlord or vacancy of the housing space. This provision does not preclude a tenant from challenging the legality of the rent being charged immediately prior to an increase authorized by the Rent Control Ordinance.

For example, if the legal base rent is currently $1000.00 the rent is increased in January 2015 the permissible rent increase is = 1.3%-- or [$1000 x 1.3% =$13]. Rent cannot be raised if the apartment is not currently registered with the Office of Rent Control.

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Please be advised that Mayor Ras J. Baraka declared a State of Emergency in the City of Newark; thereafter signing Executive Order MEO-20-0004 declaring a moratorium on all rent increases for rent-controlled units.

In light of the financial hardships and to complement the state-mandated moratorium on eviction proceeding issued by the State of New Jersey with Executive Order 106, the City has determined the regulation, control and stability or rents is best served by placing an immediate, temporary moratorium on all rent increases until no later than two (2) months following the end of the State of Emergency.

The moratorium is retroactive to April 1, 2020 and shall remain in effect throughout the State of Emergency declaration in the City of Newark. In addition, the moratorium shall remain in effect for a period of two (2) months following the end of the State of Emergency declaration in the City of Newark as it relates to COVID-19.

Please be advised that on March 4, 2022 and pursuant to Executive Order 292, Governor Murphy rescinded the Public Health Emergency but has never terminated the New Jersey State of Emergency as it relates to COVID-19.

You can find the associated Executive Order here: https://www.nj.gov/infobank/eo/056murphy/pdf/EO-292.pdf

Section 2. The State of Emergency declared in Executive Order No. 103 (2020) and continued in Executive Order No. 280 (2022) pursuant to the Disaster Control Act, N.J.S.A. App. A:9-33 et seq., continues to exist in the State of New Jersey.

This means that the temporary moratorium on rent increases MEO-20-0004 is contingent on the Governor lifting of the State of Emergency.

After which only properties in compliance which the registration requirements will be allowed increases in accordance to the CPI-U%.

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