East Windsor rent control: maximum rent increase (2026)
Mercer County — § 13-4, Annual Rent Increases (Chapter 13, combined with Uniform Construction Code). Full ordinance text ↗
Summary
- Cap formula
- The Allowable Base Increase (ABI) equals a 'general operating increase' (half the average change in the NYC/Philadelphia-metro consumer price indices, measured May to May, plus 1 percentage point), plus an additional fuel-cost component that applies only when actual fuel-cost increases exceed twice the general operating increase; owners may also apply for an emergency increase for extraordinary hardship.
- Frequency
- once per 12 months (lease year beginning October 1)
- Notice required
- Not on file — check the ordinance
- Who's covered
- Apartment complexes of 4 or more dwelling units on the same tax map lot
- Exemptions
- dwelling units that do not fall within the ordinance's definition of "apartment complex"
- initial leases of vacant apartments
- new construction (30 yrs from certificate of occupancy, N.J.S.A. 2A:42-84.2)
- Status
- active
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-09-23
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Ordinance text
no apartment owner shall execute or cause to be executed any lease at a rental in excess of the base rent plus the allowable base increase (ABI). ... COST OF LIVING — Shall mean the arithmetic mean of the changes in the consumer price indices (all items) for the New York City and Philadelphia Metropolitan areas§ 13-4, Annual Rent Increases (Chapter 13, combined with Uniform Construction Code) — https://ecode360.com/36430855?highlight=rent,rents&searchId=16668450616550509#36430855
State survey entry
- Increase limit
- Determined by the "allowable base increase" formula, outlined in §13-4B.
- Units covered
- 4+/Apartment complexes
- Exceptions
- Exception(s) - Any dwelling unit that does not fall within the ordinance's definition of "apartment complex." Initial leases of vacant apartments.
Source: NJ Department of Community Affairs, 2026 Rent Control Survey — nj.gov
Open questions
- Ordinance text was retrieved and confirms the DCA-described "allowable base increase" (ABI) formula in §13-4B, but the retrieved excerpts were truncated before reaching the notice, registration, surcharge, vacancy-decontrol, and penalty provisions (4 fetch attempts made: r.jina.ai on the code_url, r.jina.ai on the parent Chapter 13 index, r.jina.ai on a deeper subsection link, and a web search); those fields are left null pending further retrieval.
- Last-amended date specific to the rent-increase formula (§13-4B) could not be confirmed; an unrelated amendment (Ord. 2025-05, 3/25/2025) addressing fee structures was found but its scope relative to §13-4 was not verified.
Rent board
Township of East Windsor · (609) 443-4000 · https://www.east-windsor.nj.us/
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