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Jackson rent control: maximum rent increase (2026)

Ocean County — Chapter 334, Rent Control for Apartments and Mobile Home Parks. Full ordinance text ↗

Summary

Cap formula
An annual increase equal to the annualized CPI average for the prior year, capped at a maximum of 4.25% for apartments (a separate 2.5% cap applies to manufactured home community spaces).
Frequency
once per 12-month period
Notice required
60 days — Any landlord seeking an increase must serve notice upon the tenants and the Rent Leveling Board at least 60 days prior to the effective date, detailing the CPI calculation, the allowable rental increase, base rent before/after, and effective date; for hearings, tenants must receive at least 14 days' notice of the hearing date.
Who's covered
Apartment complexes with 21 or more units, and manufactured home community rental spaces
Exemptions
  • Motels, hotels, boardinghouses, and similar dwellings
  • Public housing
  • First-time rentals (for 7 years from date of occupancy)
  • School dormitories
  • Apartment complexes with 20 units or fewer
  • Government-subsidized units
  • Units rehabilitated under a government rehabilitation/rent supplement program
  • Rehabilitated buildings that have added 50% in value
  • Office, commercial, and similar buildings in which 1/3 or more of the space is commercial
  • Newly constructed manufactured housing units (exempt for 2 years from initial certificate of occupancy or lease, whichever is later)
  • Newly constructed or vacated mobile homes (until re-rented)
  • Units occupied after 3/15/2016 that are part of a newly developed affordable-housing inclusionary site with a minimum 15% affordable units
  • new construction (30 yrs from certificate of occupancy, N.J.S.A. 2A:42-84.2)
Vacancy decontrol
Upon voluntary, uncoerced vacation of a manufactured home, a landlord may charge the succeeding tenant a new rent no higher than 7.5% of the highest rent in the park added to the prior tenant's rent; landlord must file vacancy decontrol certification within 30 days after entering into the new lease and accepting a deposit.
Registration
Landlords claiming the new-construction exemption must notify prospective tenants in writing that the unit is exempt from rent control and of the exemption's termination date, and must file any rent increase taken during the exempt period with the Rent Leveling Board for the record.
Surcharges
Landlords may seek additional rental charges for capital improvements, applied for within 6 months of completion. A hardship rental increase is available for an 'efficient landlord' facing insufficient income, based on mortgage payments, operating expenses, or utility cost increases exceeding 6.5% annually.
Penalties
A violation of any provision of the chapter, including filing a material misstatement of fact, unauthorized increases, excessive delay, or failure to annually apply/appear before the Board, is punishable by a fine of not more than $2,000 per separate violation or imprisonment for not more than 90 days, or both; a violation affecting more than one rental space is a separate violation as to each space.
Status
active
Confidence
high
Last verified
2026-09-23

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This ordinance's CPI series isn't on file — confirm which index your town uses. For reference, latest 12-month CPI change — NY-NJ: 4.34% (2026-08 vs 2025-08) · Philadelphia: 4.19% (2026-08 vs 2025-08) (source: BLS).

This ordinance measures CPI over: Annualized percentage increase in the CPI average for the prior year, as reported in January of the year the application is made. Ordinances define their own CPI measurement window — the latest 12-month figure above may differ from the figure your ordinance requires.

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Ordinance text

A landlord may receive on an annual basis a percentage increase for the occupancy of a rental/housing unit or apartment, which increase is to be computed based upon the annualized percentage increase in the consumer price index (CPI) average for the prior year, as reported in January of the year in which an application is made. In no event shall such annual percentage increase exceed a maximum of 4.25%.Chapter 334, Rent Control for Apartments and Mobile Home Parks — https://ecode360.com/15790240

State survey entry

Increase limit
Based on CPI maximum of 4.25%
Units covered
Apartments of 21+ and Mobile Homes only
Exceptions
Exception(s) - Motels, hotels, boardinghouses, similar dwellings, public housing, first-time rentals (for 7 years from date of occupancy), school dorms, apartment complexes with 20 units or fewer, government subsidized units, units rehabilitated pursuant to a government rehab/rent supplemental program, rehabilitated buildings which have added 50% in value, office, commercial, and similar buildings in which 1/3+ of space is commercial, newly constructed or vacated mobile homes (until re-rented), and units occupied after 3/15/16 that are a part of a newly developed affordable housing inclusionary site with a minimum 15% affordable housing units Vacancy Decontrol for single- and double-wide home. 7.5% maximum increase.

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

Rent board

Rent Leveling Board · (732) 928-1200 · https://www.jacksontwpnj.net/241/Rent-Leveling-Board

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