Shamong rent control: maximum rent increase (2026)
Burlington County — Chapter 120, Mobile Home Parks (rent control provisions). Full ordinance text ↗
Summary
- Cap formula
- An annual increase computed from the percentage increase in the CPI-U for the Philadelphia South Jersey region, capped at a maximum of 5%, in addition to the separate Vacancy Control Automatic Adjustment (VCAA) of 2.5%/year.
- Frequency
- once per year, from the anniversary date of the last increase
- Notice required
- 90 days — The landlord must notify each tenant by regular mail 90 days in advance of a proposed rental increase, stating the amount requested, a brief statement of the reasons, and including a self-addressed stamped envelope, with a required statutory notice statement printed in capital letters.
- Who's covered
- Manufactured/mobile home community lots (mobile homes only)
- Exemptions
- new construction (30 yrs from certificate of occupancy, N.J.S.A. 2A:42-84.2)
- Vacancy decontrol
- Unless a Vacancy Control Discretionary Adjustment is elected instead, the landlord is allowed a Vacancy Control Automatic Adjustment (VCAA) equal to 2.5% per year (cumulative year to year), effective on the landlord's rent increase anniversary date, in addition to the standard annual CPI increase. The landlord must notify the Rent Control Board Secretary and the tenants' association (or tenants directly) at least 45 days before the VCAA's effective date, or it is deemed accepted; a list of pad rents before and after adjustment must be filed with the Rent Control Board each February.
- Registration
- The community office must maintain a registry of all residents, showing for each manufactured housing unit the names/addresses of occupants, dates of entrance/departure, and space number.
- Surcharges
- Park owners may apply for additional rental charges to recover the reasonable cost of a capital improvement necessary for proper operation of the park.
- Penalties
- Any person found guilty of violating any provision of the article, or of willfully filing a material misstatement of fact with the Rent Control Board, is punished by a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both; a violation affecting two or more mobile home spaces is a separate violation as to each space.
- Status
- active
- Confidence
- high
- Last verified
- 2026-09-23
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Ordinance text
A landlord may increase the rent on an annual basis from the anniversary date of the effective date of the last increase by a sum which is computed based upon the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index - All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the Philadelphia South Jersey region. In no event shall such increase exceed a maximum of 5%, however.Chapter 120, Mobile Home Parks (rent control provisions) — https://ecode360.com/11357104
State survey entry
- Increase limit
- CPI-U Philadelphia/South NJ. Maximum of 5%.
- Units covered
- Mobile Homes only
- Exceptions
- Vacancy Control Automatic Adjustment (VCAA) of 2.5%
Source: NJ Department of Community Affairs, 2026 Rent Control Survey — nj.gov
Rent board
Rent Control Board · (609) 268-2377 · https://www.shamong.net/community_county_burlington/meetingsagendasminutes/rent_control_board_rcb.php
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