Pennsauken rent control: maximum rent increase (2026)
Camden County — Chapter 251, Article I, Rent Stabilization. Full ordinance text ↗
Summary
- Cap formula
- The annual increase is the lesser of 4% or the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for the Delaware Valley Region over the previous calendar year; the same formula applies to hardship-increase requests.
- Frequency
- once per 12 months
- Notice required
- 30 days — Landlord must provide a copy of a proper termination notice and proof of service within 30 days prior to the effective date of the notice, stating that the current tenancy is terminated and a new tenancy may be created at the increased rent. Tenants receive at least 10 days' notice before any Commission hearing on an increase request.
- Who's covered
- Buildings with 6 or more units
- Exemptions
- first-time rentals
- health care facilities
- residential health care facilities
- new construction (30 yrs from certificate of occupancy, N.J.S.A. 2A:42-84.2)
- Vacancy decontrol
- Upon voluntary vacation of a unit ("limited vacancy decontrol"), the landlord may fix the rent for the vacated unit at any amount deemed appropriate; this does not apply when the new tenant previously rented from the same landlord. Decontrol lasts until re-rented.
- Registration
- Landlord must notify the Rent Stabilization Commission within 60 days of the original or first rental of a dwelling of the rent charged, and must post and maintain, at all times, the maximum rentals for every type of apartment.
- Penalties
- An intentional violation is subject to a fine not exceeding $1,250 or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days.
- Status
- active
- Confidence
- high
- Last verified
- 2026-09-23
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Ordinance text
An annual increase of up to 4% or the consumer price index of the Delaware Valley Region for the previous calendar year, whichever is the lower of the two percentagesChapter 251, Article I, Rent Stabilization — https://ecode360.com/11308966
State survey entry
- Increase limit
- Lesser of 4% and percentage change in CPI Delaware Valley Region during previous calendar year.
- Units covered
- 6+
- Exceptions
- Exception(s) - First-time rentals, health care facilities, residential health care facilities.
Vacancy Decontrol (until re-rented).
Source: NJ Department of Community Affairs, 2026 Rent Control Survey — nj.gov
Open questions
- The last-amendment date found in the retrieved excerpt (9/13/1989, Ord. No. 89-39) may not reflect the chapter's most current amendment; could not confirm whether later changes exist within the fetch budget.
Rent board
Rent Stabilization Commission · (856) 665-1000 · https://www.twp.pennsauken.nj.us/189/Rent-Stabilization-Board
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