Phillipsburg rent control: maximum rent increase (2026)
Warren County — Chapter 463, Rent Control. Full ordinance text ↗
Summary
- Cap formula
- 110% of the change in the CPI for the Northeast Region (CPI multiplied by 1.1)
- Frequency
- once per 12 months
- Notice required
- Landlords must inform tenants via certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, of the calculations involved in computing the increase, the allowable percentage increase, and the allowable rental increase.
- Who's covered
- All residential rental units (1 or more)
- Exemptions
- motels, commercial rental properties, hotels
- boarding houses
- educational dormitories
- public housing
- housing accommodating Section 8 recipients
- nursing homes
- structures with 3 or fewer rental units, one of which is owner-occupied
- buildings built in 2005 or after
- new construction (30 yrs from certificate of occupancy, N.J.S.A. 2A:42-84.2)
- Vacancy decontrol
- Upon tenant vacation, landlords may increase rent by a maximum of 10%, or up to 15% with documented capital improvements; landlords must notify the Rent Control Board within 30 days of the vacancy or the increase is nullified.
- Registration
- Within 30 days, landlords must file registration statements including owner/agent contact information, rent rolls showing base rent, utilities included, and surcharges.
- Surcharges
- A one-per-year waiver is permitted based on documented need for capital repairs to one or more units or common areas, or for documented extraordinary annual increases in utility or property insurance costs; no landlord may demand or receive fees for new services or for services previously provided without fees, and existing fees cannot increase beyond the automatic yearly allowance.
- Penalties
- Violations carry fines up to $500 and/or county jail time, with each violation and each day of a continuing violation counted separately.
- Status
- active
- Confidence
- high
- Last verified
- 2026-09-23
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Ordinance text
Permitted annual rent increases of dwelling units should be tied to the consumer price index (CPI) for the Northeast Region (as published monthly by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, covering the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont) and multiplied by a factor of 1.1 percent to account for a property owner's profit margin. The Northeast Region CPI used shall be for the month preceding the month in which the increase is to occur.Chapter 463, Rent Control — https://ecode360.com/PH0098/laws/LF2240994.pdf
State survey entry
- Increase limit
- Annual increase in CPI- Northeast multiplied by 1.1 percent. Waiver permitted one per year based on a documented need to make capital repairs to one or more units, or the common area of the property, or for documented extraordinary annual increases in utility or property insurance costs
At vacation of unit: No more than 10% or 15% with documented need for making capital improvements
- Units covered
- 1+
- Exceptions
- Motels, commercial rental properties, hotels, boarding houses, educational dormitories, public housing, housing accommodating Section 8 recipients, nursing homes, structures containing three rental units or less with one of those units being owner occupied, all buildings built in 2005 or after
Source: NJ Department of Community Affairs, 2026 Rent Control Survey — nj.gov
Rent board
Rent Control Board · https://www.phillipsburgnj.org/
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