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Hoboken council adopts ordinance requiring landlords to provide proof of prior rent
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The Hoboken City Council voted to adopt an ordinance requiring landlords to submit documented proof of prior rents, and to allow the rent office to spot-check at least 10% of registered units; advocates said the move is aimed at making rent-control enforcement possible.
The Hoboken City Council on Thursday adopted an ordinance amending municipal rent-control rules to require landlords to provide documented proof of prior rent charged when registering units and to permit the rent office to audit a minimum of 10% of records.
Council members adopted the ordinance after public comment from tenants and tenant-advocacy groups urging the change. "What good is it to have rent-control laws if we can't enforce them?" said Zachary King of Hoboken United Tenants during the public comment period. "We don't actually get a record, any kind of proof that we can validate to say what the rent is that's actually being charged." Ernest Boyd, a tenant at Marine View Plaza, told the council the change would protect families, children and elderly residents from sudden rent increases.
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