On a tenant vacating, the unit is decontrolled — but the new rental is limited to an increase of 25% over the last rent the vacating tenant paid, the new rent becomes the base rent, and no unit may be decontrolled more than once in any three-year period.
Three conditions decide whether the increase is available at all: the dwelling must be registered under §155-30, the vacancy must be voluntary and free of harassment or duress or else a lawful eviction (a holdover dispossession does not qualify), and the three-year clock must have run. The DCA survey describes Hoboken's decontrol differently — as reaching a bona fide condominium or co-operative owner-occupant and buildings vacant since 1984 — so put the question to the Rent Leveling Office in writing rather than choosing between them.
- Vacancy decontrol
- Yes — rent resets on vacancy
Sources
- Hoboken Code §§155-30 to 155-37 — Decontrol
- NJ DCA — 2026 Rent Control Survey — New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, 2026 Rent Control Survey (spreadsheet, linked from the DCA Landlord-Tenant Information page; last revised 20 May 2026). The department's own caveat: the survey is only as current as the published codes, and the stated percentage may differ from the increase actually permitted.The survey summarises Hoboken's decontrol more narrowly than the chapter text does.