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The dog ate my exemption,and other things some landlords say.

Rent control is the default rule in Jersey City, as it is in more than 100 other New Jersey towns and cities. Most apartment buildings in the city have a legal limit on rent increases, and it applies whether or not anyone ever told you it existed.

When it opens, this site will show what the law says about each of those claims. The links under each statement will open the full text of the law, so you can read it for yourself.

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Here are three facts the site will explain.

Each one comes from the City's own law or the City's own records. Tap a section number to read the law itself.

4% Four percent, or the Consumer Price Index change if it is lower, caps the calculation. The landlord also has to have registered the rent roll, given you the Truth in Renting statement, and complied with its landlord identity disclosure before any increase counts, whether or not the building has a construction exemption. ; ;

1,732 These properties appeared on the City's first published rent control list. The City's 2026 rent control property map

20,651 That many apartments sit in those properties. The City's 2026 rent control property map

The dog ate my exemption,and other things some landlords say.

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