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Council hears plan to streamline rent-control registration and expand tenant legal services
Summary
Deputy mayor and housing director described proposed rent-control changes to combine landlord registration into the rent-control ordinance, require certificates of habitability for governed units, and expand tenant legal services eligibility from 200% to 300% of the federal poverty level.
City officials described proposed amendments to Newark’s rent-control ordinance intended to consolidate landlord registration into a single process inside the rent-control office, strengthen compliance, and expand tenant legal support.
Allison Ladd, director of economic and housing development, told the council the changes aim to make the process simpler by removing a duplicate registration step and enabling certificates of habitability for all units subject to rent control, including those previously exempt.…
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