Weymouth rent control: maximum rent increase (2026)
Atlantic County — Chapter 173, Article III, Rent Control Board (within Mobile Home Parks chapter). Full ordinance text ↗
Summary
- Cap formula
- One annual COLA rental increase equal to 100% of the percentage increase in Social Security payments per the most recent COLA announcement; if that year's COLA is 5% or more, the Rent Control Board may approve a lesser increase but never less than 5%.
- Frequency
- once per year (one COLA rental increase annually, subject to Rent Control Board approval)
- Notice required
- Any landlord seeking a COLA increase must notify tenants by certified mail (return receipt requested), personal service, or certificate of mailing, plus physically posting the notice on the community clubhouse billboard, with the calculations involved (prior year's COLA and the additional rent sought).
- Who's covered
- Senior mobile home parks
- Exemptions
- The landlord of housing space or a dwelling being rented for the first time (charges the decontrolled rent; subsequent increases/surcharges, except resale decontrol, follow the chapter)
- new construction (30 yrs from certificate of occupancy, N.J.S.A. 2A:42-84.2)
- Vacancy decontrol
- Resale decontrol: when the landlord applies for a COLA increase, a new resale decontrol rent is set for incoming tenants (subject to Rent Control Board approval after a public hearing and a market study by a real estate expert). For tenants living on the property as of March 15, 2017, there is no resale decontrol on the first transfer for 20 years; if a transfer occurs during those 20 years, the rent is decontrolled on the next transfer to the lesser of the current rent plus 50% or fair market rent, and each subsequent transfer is capped at the current rent plus 25% (further capped at established fair market rent). A tenant's death alone is not a 'transfer'; a later sale/transfer by the estate to a non-lease-holder does qualify.
- Registration
- A nonrefundable $500 per-application fee applies to Rent Control Board applications, plus a $1,000 per-application escrow for Township costs.
- Surcharges
- Tax surcharge available for increases in real property taxes, with notice at least 30 days prior to the increase's effective date; paid in 12 monthly installments and not considered part of base rent. The landlord is entitled to a just and reasonable rate of return, deemed met when operating expenses do not exceed 60% of gross maximized annual income. Aggregate capital improvement surcharges may not exceed 10% of the lowest base rent rate at the time granted, and are excluded from base rent for future increase calculations.
- Penalties
- Any violation of the provisions of the article, including willful filing of a material misstatement of fact with the Rent Control Board, is punishable as provided in Chapter 1, General Provisions, Article III (specific fine/imprisonment figures not stated in the retrieved excerpt).
- Status
- active
- Confidence
- high
- Last verified
- 2026-09-23
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Ordinance text
The monthly rent increase as determined by the Rent Control Board shall be 100% of the percentage increase in social security payments established by the Social Security Administration in its most recently issued cost of living adjustment announcement unless the COLA in a given year meets or exceeds 5%, in which case the Rent Control Board shall have the discretion to approve a COLA rental increase that is less than the full COLA for that given year, but not less than the 5% increase.Chapter 173, Article III, Rent Control Board (within Mobile Home Parks chapter) — https://ecode360.com/11411444
State survey entry
- Increase limit
- Percentage increase in Social Security payments, based on most recent SSI cost of living adjustment. If the COLA in a given year meets or exceeds 5%, the Rent Control Board can approve a COLA rental increase less than the full COLA for that given year, but not less than the 5% increase.
- Units covered
- Senior mobile home parks
- Exceptions
- Exception(s) - First-time rentals
Resale Decontrol occasioned by the transfer of any unit by a tenant to another (except: "for tenants living on the property as of the date this article is adopted and takes effect" (3/17), "there will be no resale decontrol on the first transfer for 20 years." If a transfer occurs during those 20 years, the rent will be decontrolled on next transfer to lesser of rent +50% and market rent. Each subsequent transfer is capped at the current rent charged +25%.
Source: NJ Department of Community Affairs, 2026 Rent Control Survey — nj.gov
Rent board
Rent Control Board · (609) 476-2633 · https://www.weymouthnj.org/government/rent_control_board/index.php
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