New Jersey Rent Control Guide

Last updated: April 2026

New Jersey has no statewide rent control—instead, 128+ municipalities have their own local rent control ordinances with varying rules.

New Jersey Rent Control at a Glance

  • System: Local municipal ordinances (no statewide rent control)
  • Municipalities with rent control: 128+ out of 566
  • Common caps: CPI-based or fixed % (typically 2-5%)
  • Anti-Eviction Act: Statewide "good cause" eviction protection
  • Security deposit: Maximum 1.5 months' rent statewide

📖 Read our complete guide to NJ rent control law →

🏙️ Major Cities with Rent Control

New Jersey's largest cities each have their own local ordinances with different caps and coverage rules. Here's what tenants in the most-searched cities need to know:

Hoboken City
Hudson County
Cap: ≤5% or CPI (whichever is less) · 1+ units
Jersey City
Hudson County
Cap: ≤4% or CPI (whichever is less) · 5+ units
Newark City
Essex County
Cap: ≤4% or CPI · 3+ units
North Bergen Township
Hudson County
Cap: 2.5% annually · 1+ units
New Brunswick City
Middlesex County
Cap: 2.5% annually · 3+ units
East Orange City
Essex County
Cap: 5% annually · 4+ units
Union City
Hudson County
Cap: ≤3% or CPI · 4+ units (seniors: 2%)
Bayonne City
Hudson County
Cap: ≤5.5% or CPI · 5+ units

🏛️ All Municipalities with Rent Control (128)

These municipalities have local rent control ordinances limiting how much landlords can raise rent:

Check your address to see if your building is covered by rent control in your municipality.

📋 Municipalities without Rent Control (438)

These municipalities don't have local rent control, but tenants are still protected by New Jersey's statewide Anti-Eviction Act:

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  • Aberdeen Township
  • Absecon City
  • Alexandria Township
  • Allamuchy Township
  • Allendale Borough
  • Allenhurst Borough
  • Allentown Borough
  • Alloway Township
  • Alpha Borough
  • Alpine Borough
  • Andover Borough
  • Andover Township
  • Audubon Borough
  • Audubon Park Borough
  • Avalon Borough
  • Avon-by-the-Sea Borough
  • Barnegat Light Borough
  • Barrington Borough
  • Bass River Township
  • Bay Head Borough
  • Beach Haven Borough
  • Beachwood Borough
  • Bedminster Township
  • Bellmawr Borough
  • Belmar Borough
  • Belvidere Town
  • Berkeley Heights Township
  • Berkeley Township
  • Berlin Borough
  • Berlin Township
  • Bernards Township
  • Bernardsville Borough
  • Bethlehem Township
  • Beverly City
  • Blairstown Township
  • Bloomingdale Borough
  • Bloomsbury Borough
  • Bogota Borough
  • Boonton Town
  • Boonton Township
  • Bordentown City
  • Bordentown Township
  • Bound Brook Borough
  • Bradley Beach Borough
  • Branchburg Township
  • Branchville Borough
  • Brick Township
  • Bridgeton City
  • Bridgewater Township
  • Brielle Borough
  • Brigantine City
  • Brooklawn Borough
  • Buena Borough
  • Buena Vista Township
  • Burlington City
  • Burlington Township
  • Butler Borough
  • Byram Township
  • Califon Borough
  • Cape May City
  • Cape May Point Borough
  • Carlstadt Borough
  • Carneys Point Township
  • Carteret Borough
  • Chatham Borough
  • Chatham Township
  • Chester Borough
  • Chester Township
  • Chesterfield Township
  • Cinnaminson Township
  • Clark Township
  • Clayton Borough
  • Clementon Borough
  • Clinton Town
  • Clinton Township
  • Closter Borough
  • Collingswood Borough
  • Colts Neck Township
  • Commercial Township
  • Communities with No Rent Control Ordinances
  • Communities with Repealed or Expired Rent Control Ordinances
  • Corbin City
  • Cranbury Township
  • Cranford Township
  • Cresskill Borough
  • Deal Borough
  • Deerfield Township
  • Delanco Township
  • Delaware Township
  • Delran Township
  • Demarest Borough
  • Dennis Township
  • Denville Township
  • Deptford Township
  • Dover Town
  • Downe Township
  • Dunellen Borough
  • Eagleswood Township
  • East Amwell Township
  • East Greenwich Township
  • East Hanover Township
  • East Newark Borough
  • Eastampton Township
  • Edgewater Park Township
  • Egg Harbor City
  • Elk Township
  • Elmer Borough
  • Elsinboro Township
  • Emerson Borough
  • Englewood Cliffs Borough
  • Englishtown Borough
  • Essex Fells Borough
  • Estell Manor City
  • Evesham Township
  • Fair Haven Borough
  • Fairfield Township
  • Fairfield Township
  • Fanwood Borough
  • Far Hills Borough
  • Farmingdale Borough
  • Fieldsboro Borough
  • Flemington Borough
  • Florence Township
  • Florham Park Borough
  • Folsom Borough
  • Frankford Township
  • Franklin Lakes Borough
  • Franklin Township
  • Franklin Township
  • Franklin Township
  • Fredon Township
  • Freehold Borough
  • Frelinghuysen Township
  • Frenchtown Borough
  • Galloway Township
  • Garfield City
  • Garwood Borough
  • Gibbsboro Borough
  • Glassboro Borough
  • Glen Gardner Borough
  • Glen Ridge Borough
  • Glen Rock Borough
  • Gloucester City
  • Green Brook Township
  • Green Township
  • Greenwich Township
  • Greenwich Township
  • Greenwich Township
  • Hackettstown Town
  • Haddon Heights Borough
  • Haddonfield Borough
  • Hainesport Township
  • Haledon Borough
  • Hamburg Borough
  • Hamilton Township
  • Hampton Borough
  • Hanover Township
  • Harding Township
  • Hardwick Township
  • Hardyston Township
  • Harmony Township
  • Harrington Park Borough
  • Harrison Township
  • Harvey Cedars Borough
  • Haworth Borough
  • Hawthorne Borough
  • Helmetta Borough
  • Hi-nella Borough
  • High Bridge Borough
  • Highlands Borough
  • Hightstown Borough
  • Hillsborough Township
  • Hillsdale Borough
  • Hillside Township
  • Ho-Ho-Kus Borough
  • Holland Township
  • Holmdel Township
  • Hopatcong Borough
  • Hope Township
  • Hopewell Borough
  • Hopewell Township
  • Hopewell Township
  • Independence Township
  • Interlaken Borough
  • Island Heights Borough
  • Jamesburg Borough
  • Jefferson Township
  • Keansburg Borough
  • Kearny Town
  • Kenilworth Borough
  • Keyport Borough
  • Kingwood Township
  • Kinnelon Borough
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  • Lacey Township
  • Lafayette Township
  • Lake Como Borough
  • Lakehurst Borough
  • Lambertville City
  • Laurel Springs Borough
  • Lavallette Borough
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  • Mountain Lakes Borough
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  • National Park Borough
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  • New Providence Borough
  • Newfield Borough
  • Newton Town
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  • Woodbury City
  • Woodbury Heights Borough
  • Woodcliff Lake Borough
  • Woodland Township
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  • Woodstown Borough
  • Woolwich Township
  • Wrightstown Borough
  • Wyckoff Township

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