Woodland Park rent control: maximum rent increase (2026)
Passaic County — Chapter 21, Rent Stabilization. Full ordinance text ↗
Summary
- Cap formula
- Rent increases follow 100% of the CPI-W (Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, NY-Northeastern NJ) percentage change, comparing the CPI for the third month before the increase's effective month (the "base month") to the CPI one year before the base month, capped at 2.5% at lease expiration or for periodic tenancies.
- Frequency
- once per 12 months
- Notice required
- 120 days — Landlord must notify the tenant of the calculations involved in computing the increase, including the CPI at the date of the lease's entry, the CPI 120 days before the lease's expiration, and the allowable rent increase.
- Who's covered
- Residential rental units, 1 or more units
- Exemptions
- owner-occupied dwellings of 5 units of housing space or less
- stand-alone garage spaces
- motels, hotels, and similar premises
- new construction (30 yrs from certificate of occupancy, N.J.S.A. 2A:42-84.2)
- Vacancy decontrol
- Full vacancy decontrol: upon a vacancy, the landlord may request/receive any increase for the rental unit from a new tenant.
- Penalties
- A willful violation carries a penalty equal to 25% of the monthly rental fee for a first offense and 100% of the monthly rental fee for subsequent violations, plus potential treble damages.
- Status
- active
- Confidence
- high
- Last verified
- 2026-09-23
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Ordinance text
No landlord shall request, demand, receive or collect an increase in rental for such unit which shall exceed 100% of the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index in effect for the third month next preceding the month during which the rental increase permitted hereby is to take effect (hereinafter referred to as the "base month") and the consumer price index in effect one year prior to the base month. [...] At the expiration of a lease or determination of this increase by a periodic tenant, no landlord may receive or request a percentage increase in rent greater than 2.5% in any calendar year.Chapter 21, Rent Stabilization — https://ecode360.com/34550398
State survey entry
- Increase limit
- CPI-U NY/Northeastern NJ between "third month next preceding" month in which agreement takes effect and 1 year prior to that month. Maximum of 2.5%
- Units covered
- 1+
- Exceptions
- Exception(s) - Owner-occupied dwellings of five units of housing space (or less), stand alone garage spaces, motels, hotels, and similar premises. Vacancy Decontrol.
Source: NJ Department of Community Affairs, 2026 Rent Control Survey — nj.gov
Open questions
- cap.cpi_series was corrected from 'CPI-U' (Urban Consumers) to 'CPI-W' (Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers) to match the ordinance's actual defined term (§21-3(b)); the previous record misnamed the index series. The comparison window was also corrected: the ordinance measures the CPI for the third month preceding the increase's effective month (the 'base month') against the CPI one year before that base month, not a generic 'third month before vs. same month one year prior' framing tied to lease expiration. The 100% CPI-W formula and the separate 2.5%/year statutory ceiling (§21-4.1) are unchanged.
Rent board
Rent Leveling Board · (609) 292-2839 · http://www.wpnj.us/content/167/341/default.aspx
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