Pleasantville rent control: maximum rent increase (2026)
Atlantic County — Chapter 215, Rent Control Regulations. Full ordinance text ↗
Summary
- Cap formula
- The increase is the lesser of the average 12-month CPI (NY region/NNJ and Philadelphia metro, all urban consumers) or 5% of the rent.
- Frequency
- once per 12 months
- Notice required
- 30 days — Landlord must give at least 30 days' written notice before the increase takes effect, including certification that the unit complies with property-maintenance codes; tenants receive 10 days' notice before hardship hearings.
- Who's covered
- All rental dwellings in the City, including single-, two-, three-, and four-family dwelling units (1+ units)
- Exemptions
- hotels, motels, transient facilities
- stock cooperatives and condominiums with resident-elected boards
- newly constructed units (initial rent set by landlord)
- multiple dwellings exempt for the amortization period or 30 years, whichever is less
- new construction (30 yrs from certificate of occupancy, N.J.S.A. 2A:42-84.2)
- Vacancy decontrol
- Units decontrol upon vacancy and re-rental, unless the landlord used harassment to force the tenant out (in which case decontrol rights are forfeited for one year). Tenant transfers within the same complex preserve rent control if the new unit is comparable in size/condition.
- Registration
- Landlords must file an apartment registry form with the Department of Code Enforcement before any rent increase or hardship award.
- Surcharges
- Capital-improvement surcharge capped at 10% of base rent (unless the improvement is mandated by local ordinance or state law), payable over up to 36 months and excluded from CPI calculations.
- Penalties
- Disorderly-persons offense under Chapter 321-30; harassment used to force a vacancy causes forfeiture of decontrol rights for one year.
- Status
- active
- Confidence
- high
- Last verified
- 2026-09-23
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Ordinance text
No landlord shall request or receive a percentage increase in rent from an existing tenant that is greater than the lesser of the following: the average of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for All Urban Consumers over the previous 12-month period; or Five percent (5%) of the rent in effect under such lease at the expiration thereof.Chapter 215, Rent Control Regulations — https://ecode360.com/PL0754/laws/LF2229397.pdf
State survey entry
- Increase limit
- Lesser of CPI 12-month increase or 5%
- Units covered
- 1+
- Exceptions
- Exception(s) - Motels, hotels, and those parts of buildings or structures which primarily serve transient guests or are rented for commercial uses and purpose. Any apartment or building or complex and/or a part thereof which is a stock cooperative or a condominium where the charges to all residents are fixed by a board elected by the resident. Newly constructed units and units rented for the first time. Multiple dwellings paying an initial mortgage loan obtained for the multiple dwelling, or for thirty (30) years following completion of construction, whichever is less. Vacancy Decontrol.
Source: NJ Department of Community Affairs, 2026 Rent Control Survey — nj.gov
Rent board
Rent Control Board · (609) 484-3611 · https://www.pleasantville-nj.org/
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