Hammonton rent control: maximum rent increase (2026)
Atlantic County — Chapter 217, Rent Control. Full ordinance text ↗
Status disputed
Sources disagree on whether Hammonton's rent control ordinance is currently in force — see open questions below. Confirm directly with the municipality before relying on this page; the notice generator is unavailable until this is resolved.
Maximum rent increase
100% of the CPI change
The maximum increase equals the percentage change in the Philadelphia-metro Consumer Price Index (per NJ DCA survey); the ordinance text confirming the exact formula and measurement window could not be retrieved.
Summary
- Cap formula
- The maximum increase equals the percentage change in the Philadelphia-metro Consumer Price Index (per NJ DCA survey); the ordinance text confirming the exact formula and measurement window could not be retrieved.
- Frequency
- Not on file — check the ordinance
- Notice required
- Not on file — check the ordinance
- Who's covered
- Apartment complexes of 4 or more units
- Exemptions
- new construction (30 yrs from certificate of occupancy, N.J.S.A. 2A:42-84.2)
- Vacancy decontrol
- Vacancy Decontrol (per NJ DCA survey; ordinance text not yet verified).
- Status
- unclear
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-09-23
Official summary
We haven't yet verified this cap against the ordinance text itself. The state's summary of Hammonton's ordinance reads:
Percentage change in Philadelphia metro CPINJ Department of Community Affairs, 2026 Rent Control Survey — nj.gov
Ordinance: Chapter 217, Rent Control — https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/hammonton/latest/hammonton_nj/0-0-0-4019
State survey entry
- Units covered
- 4+
- Exceptions
- Partial Repeal 4/28/2008 - Provisions no longer apply to any lease or rental agreement entered after this date.
Vacancy Decontrol.
Source: NJ Department of Community Affairs, 2026 Rent Control Survey — nj.gov
Open questions
- Ordinance text not yet verified against the municipal code. Direct fetch of the amlegal.com code_url returned HTTP 403; an r.jina.ai proxy attempt returned only the chapter's opening sections/table of contents (confirming the 4+ unit "apartment complex" threshold and a reference to the "Philadelphia Metropolitan Region" CPI, but not the operative formula in §217-4); the Wayback Machine tool is unavailable in this environment.
- The DCA survey's exceptions text states 'Partial Repeal 4/28/2008 - Provisions no longer apply to any lease or rental agreement entered after this date,' which suggests the chapter may not bind any current tenancy (since all current leases would postdate 2008). Status is set to 'unclear' pending direct confirmation from the ordinance or the Town of Hammonton.
Rent board
Rent Control Board · (609) 567-4300 · https://www.townofhammonton.org/