Little Ferry rent control: maximum rent increase (2026)
Bergen County — Chapter 15, Rent Control. Full ordinance text ↗
Summary
- Cap formula
- the percentage change in CPI-U between 90 days before lease expiration and 90 days before lease commencement, with an overall cap of 10% in any one year including tax surcharge
- Frequency
- no more than once per 12-month period (aggregate 10% ceiling per §15-6.1)
- Notice required
- 30 days — Written notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, at least 30 days prior to the increase becoming effective, including reasons for the increase, calculations, and the CPI at the time of the notice.
- Who's covered
- Dwellings with 3 or more units
- Exemptions
- premises primarily serving transient guests
- buildings in which up to 1/3 of occupied floor space is commercial
- owner-occupied dwellings with 3 units or less
- new construction (30 yrs from certificate of occupancy, N.J.S.A. 2A:42-84.2)
- Vacancy decontrol
- Upon voluntary vacation, the landlord may fix the rent for the vacated apartment as deemed appropriate; landlords may not evict or remove a tenant to create a 'market rate unit', and must file vacancy statements with the Rent Leveling Board certifying the unit number, prior rent, maximum permissible increase, vacancy duration, new tenant rent, and confirming the vacation was not coerced.
- Surcharges
- Tax surcharge calculated by dividing the increase in property tax over the prior year by the number of rented rooms in the dwelling, payable in 12 monthly installments beginning the month after notice.
- Penalties
- Penalties as stated in Chapter 1, § 1-5 of the municipal code; violations affecting multiple units constitute separate offenses per unit.
- Status
- active
- Confidence
- high
- Last verified
- 2026-09-23
Calculate your maximum increase
Ordinance text
no landlord shall request or receive a percentage increase in rent which is greater than the percentage difference between the Consumer Price Index-U ninety (90) days prior to the expiration or termination of the lease and the Consumer Price Index-U ninety (90) days prior to the date the lease was entered into, which shall in no event be in excess of ten (10%) percent.Chapter 15, Rent Control — https://ecode360.com/34743859
State survey entry
- Increase limit
- Percentage difference between CPI 90 days prior to expiration of lease and CPI 90 days prior to date lease was entered, up to 10%
- Units covered
- 3+
- Exceptions
- Exception(s) - Premises primarily serving transient guests, buildings in which up to 1/3 of occupied floor space is commercial (says "up to." Shouldn't it be 1/3+?), and owner-occupied dwellings with 3 units or less.
Vacancy Decontrol.
Source: NJ Department of Community Affairs, 2026 Rent Control Survey — nj.gov
Rent board
Rent Leveling Board · (201) 641-9234 · http://www.littleferrynj.org/
Generate a rent increase notice
Fill in the tenant, unit, and rent details and get a printable, ordinance-cited rent increase notice for Little Ferry — $9, pay by card.
Generate notice — $9