2 rules apply — the local one first, then the county and state rules that bind alongside it.
Verified on 2026-08-17.
The DCA records West New York as limiting an annual increase to the CPI change measured from 90 days before the end of the lease over the preceding twelve months, to a maximum of 5%, and as reaching structures of one or more units.
The DCA records the ordinance as applying to structures of one or more units. What takes a small building out is owner occupancy: an owner-occupied two-, three- or four-family is exempt, condominiums and co-operatives aside.
This entry rests on the DCA survey alone: Chapter 312 could not be read in any published copy, and the town publishes no copy of its own. Treat every figure as reported rather than read and confirm it with the Rent Control Office. One structural point that does not depend on the source: the condominium exemption is a flat dollar threshold rather than an indexed one, so it exempts a growing share of the stock every year simply by standing still. Neither the DCA survey nor the sections read here records a vacancy-decontrol provision, which is evidence and not proof: confirm with the rent board before modelling a reset to market on turnover.
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Verified on 2026-08-17.
New Jersey has no statewide rent control. The Department of Community Affairs' 2026 survey of all 564 municipalities found 120 with an ordinance and 444 without, and their caps, unit thresholds, exemptions and vacancy rules differ town by town.
This municipality's ordinance has not been read into this knowledge base. Check the DCA's survey — it names every municipality and gives the unit threshold and the increase limit for each — and then read the ordinance itself or call the rent board, before assuming rents can be reset on purchase or turnover. One statewide limit does apply everywhere: N.J.S.A. 2A:42-84.5 keeps municipal rent control off housing completed after 25 June 1987 for 30 years from completion.
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