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Passaic council sets proposed 3% annual rent-cap for second reading after hours of public comment
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On Aug. 5 the Passaic City Council voted to set a proposed amendment to Chapter 2-31 (rent stabilization) — which would cap annual rent increases at 3% — for a second and final reading on Sept. 2, following extensive public comment urging the lower cap and vacancy control.
PASSAIC, N.J. — On Aug. 5 the Passaic City Council voted to set a proposed amendment to Chapter 2-31 (rent stabilization) — which would cap annual rent increases at 3% — for a second and final reading on Sept. 2, after more than an hour of public testimony that largely urged tighter limits than the city’s current 6% cap.
Supporters said the lower cap and vacancy control are needed to prevent displacement in a city with a high share of renters and steep rent growth. “Most of the tenants in this room have been paying rent increases double and triple and quadruple and quintuple the inflation rate for many, many years,” said Mitchell Khan, vice president and director of organizing for the New Jersey Tenants Organization. “I strongly urge you to adopt it.”
The petition-driven measure — listed on the agenda as an amendment to Chapter 2-31 — drew a steady stream of speakers representing tenant groups, legal aid organizations, immigrant communities and service providers. Antonio Hernandez,…
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