N.J. DCA Landlord/Tenant Information Series — Eviction Law

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N.J. DCA Landlord/Tenant Information Series — Eviction Law
Jurisdiction
New Jersey (state)
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https://www.nj.gov/dca/codes/publications/pdf_lti/evic_law.pdf ↗

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Whenever the Governor declares a state of emergency within certain areas of the State, and issues a “Notice of Rent
Protection Emergency,” the following shall apply:
a. Within a zone which includes the area declared to be in a state of emergency and, if so indicated in the
Notice of Rent Protection Emergency extending a distance not to exceed 10 miles in all directions from the
outward boundaries thereof, there shall be a presumption of unreasonableness given to a notice of
increase in rental charges provided subsequent to the date of the declaration by a landlord to a tenant
occupying premises which are utilized as a residence, when the proposed percentage increase in rent is
greater than twice the rate of inflation as indicated by increases in the CPI for the immediately preceding
nine month period. For the purposes of this section, “CPI” means the annual average over a 12-month
period beginning September 1 and ending August 31 of the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage
Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W), All Items Series A, of the United States Department of Labor
(1957-1959 = 100), for the New York, NY-Northeastern New Jersey region.
b. Within a zone which includes the area declared to be in a state of emergency and, if so indicated in the
Notice of Rent Protection Emergency extending a distance not to exceed 10 miles in all directions from the
outward boundaries thereof, there shall be a limitation on the amount of rent which may be charged a
tenant undertaking a new lease for residential premises during the duration of the declaration of a “Notice
of Rent Protection Emergency” made pursuant to section 1 of P.L.2002, c. 133 (C.2A:18-61.62). The
amount of rent which may be charged shall be limited to the product of the fair market rental value of the
premises