Red Bank rent control: maximum rent increase (2026)
Monmouth County — Chapter 530, Rent Control. Full ordinance text ↗
Maximum rent increase
100% of the CPI change
The increase is tied to the change in the CPI-U for the Northern NJ/NY/Long Island area, measured 4 months prior to the expiring lease's commencement versus 4 months prior to its expiration (exact CPI share/percentage of the index allowed could not be confirmed from the ordinance text; see open_questions).
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Summary
- Cap formula
- The increase is tied to the change in the CPI-U for the Northern NJ/NY/Long Island area, measured 4 months prior to the expiring lease's commencement versus 4 months prior to its expiration (exact CPI share/percentage of the index allowed could not be confirmed from the ordinance text; see open_questions).
- Frequency
- Not on file — check the ordinance
- Notice required
- Not on file — check the ordinance
- Who's covered
- Housing space in buildings with 3 or more units (per DCA)
- Exemptions
- Motels, hotels, similar premises
- Commercial buildings containing 2 housing units or less
- Housing with 2 units or less
- Newly constructed first-time rentals (until re-rented)
- new construction (30 yrs from certificate of occupancy, N.J.S.A. 2A:42-84.2)
- Vacancy decontrol
- Vacancy decontrol (until re-rented), per DCA survey; ordinance text not retrieved to confirm details.
- Status
- active
- Confidence
- medium
- Last verified
- 2026-09-23
Official summary
We haven't yet verified this cap against the ordinance text itself. The state's summary of Red Bank's ordinance reads:
CPI-U Northern NJ/NY/Long Island Area 4 months prior to the expiring lease's commencement and 4 months prior to its expiration.NJ Department of Community Affairs, 2026 Rent Control Survey — nj.gov
Ordinance: Chapter 530, Rent Control — https://ecode360.com/14163632
State survey entry
- Units covered
- 3+
- Exceptions
- Exception(s) - Motels, hotels, similar premises, commercial buildings containing 2 housing units or less, housing with 2 units or less, and newly constructed first-time rentals (until re-rented).
Vacancy Decontrol (until re-rented).
Source: NJ Department of Community Affairs, 2026 Rent Control Survey — nj.gov
Open questions
- Ordinance text not yet verified against the municipal code. eCode360's rendering of Chapter 530 (§530-2, Establishment of rent; increase) returned only a table of contents on every fetch attempt (r.jina.ai reader on the full chapter and the individual section, Wayback Machine, and web search), so the section text could not be captured; all fields above are taken from the DCA 2026 Rent Control Survey only.
- A 2012-era news article (Red Bank Patch / Tenants Together) indicates the ordinance historically capped increases at 80% of the CPI change and describes a Council proposal to raise the cap to 100% of CPI; it is unconfirmed whether that amendment was adopted, and the current DCA survey text does not mention a percentage share of CPI (implying it may already be 100%). This should be verified directly against the ordinance text (§530-2) before publishing a cpi_share value.
Rent board
Rent Leveling Board · (732) 530-2777 ext- 440 · https://www.redbanknj.org/233/Rent-Leveling-Board