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Highland Park rent control: maximum rent increase (2026)

Middlesex County — Chapter 321, Rent Control Regulations (Ord. No. 22-2066). Full ordinance text ↗

Summary

Cap formula
CPI average increase over 60 month period ending in September of preceding year (NY-Northeast NJ urban consumer CPI).
Frequency
Not on file — check the ordinance
Notice required
30 days — The Borough's own rent-control page states the landlord must notify the tenant of any total rent increase at least 30 days before it takes effect (this detail comes from a secondary/search source, not the primary ordinance PDF, and was not independently verified against the ordinance text).
Who's covered
Buildings with 3 or more rental units
Exemptions
  • Motels, hotels, and similar dwellings
  • Commercial-use buildings
  • Stock cooperatives and condominiums where charges to residents are fixed by an elected board
  • Newly constructed and first-time rental units
  • 2-unit or fewer dwellings
  • Owner-occupied 3- and 4-unit dwellings
  • Single structures where 50%+ of rentable area is commercial (excluding basements)
  • Single-family residences with 1 family unit in the entire structure
  • 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

Calculate your maximum increase

Latest 12-month CPI change: 4.34% (CPI-U, New York-Newark-Jersey City (NY-NJ-PA), all items, not seasonally adjusted, 2026-08 vs 2025-08) — source: BLS

This ordinance measures CPI over: average increase over the 60-month period ending in September of the preceding year. Ordinances define their own CPI measurement window — the latest 12-month figure above may differ from the figure your ordinance requires.

Enter your current rent to calculate.

Official summary

We haven't yet verified this cap against the ordinance text itself. The state's summary of Highland Park's ordinance reads:

CPI average increase over 60 month period ending in September of preceding year (NY-Northeast NJ urban consumer CPI).NJ Department of Community Affairs, 2026 Rent Control Survey — nj.gov

Ordinance: Chapter 321, Rent Control Regulations (Ord. No. 22-2066) — https://www.hpboro.com/home/showpublisheddocument/4319/638072133357630000

State survey entry

Units covered
3+
Exceptions
Exception(s) - Motels, hotels, similar dwellings, commercial use, stock cooperatives and condominiums where charges to residents are fixed by an elected board, newly constructed and first-time rental units, 2-unit or less dwellings, owner-occupied 3- and 4-unit dwellings, single structures wherein 50%+ of area available to rent is commercial (excluding basements), single-family residences with 1 family unit in the entire structure. Vacancy Decontrol.

Source: NJ Department of Community Affairs, 2026 Rent Control Survey — nj.gov

Open questions

Rent board

Rent Leveling Board · (732) 572-3400 · https://www.hpboro.com/residents/rent-control

Generate a rent increase notice

Fill in the tenant, unit, and rent details and get a printable, ordinance-cited rent increase notice for Highland Park — $9, pay by card.

Generate notice — $9