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.

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

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:

📋 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
  • Knowlton Township
  • Lacey Township
  • Lafayette Township
  • Lake Como Borough
  • Lakehurst Borough
  • Lambertville City
  • Laurel Springs Borough
  • Lavallette Borough
  • Lawnside Borough
  • Lawrence Township
  • Lebanon Borough
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  • Lincoln Park Borough
  • Linwood City
  • Little Egg Harbor Township
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  • Loch Arbour Village
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  • Mantoloking Borough
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  • Margate City
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  • Medford Lakes Borough
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  • Morris Plains Borough
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  • Mountain Lakes Borough
  • Mountainside Borough
  • National Park Borough
  • Neptune City Borough
  • Netcong Borough
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  • New Providence Borough
  • Newfield Borough
  • Newton Town
  • North Caldwell Borough
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  • Salem City
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  • West Cape May Borough
  • West Long Branch Borough
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  • Westville Borough
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  • Wildwood City
  • Wildwood Crest Borough
  • Willingboro Township
  • Winfield Township
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  • Woodbine Borough
  • Woodbridge Township
  • Woodbury City
  • Woodbury Heights Borough
  • Woodcliff Lake Borough
  • Woodland Township
  • Woodlynne Borough
  • Woodstown Borough
  • Woolwich Township
  • Wrightstown Borough
  • Wyckoff Township

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