As prices rise, Asbury Park voters reject strict rent control ordinance
Updated 7:52 AM;
A proposed rent control ordinance placed on the ballot by an affordable housing group in Asbury Park was soundly rejected by voters on Tuesday, a month after a more modest set of tenant protections was adopted by the city council.
No-votes outnumbered yesses by a nearly 2-1 margin, 1,104 to 637, according to preliminary results posted by the Monmouth County Clerk’s office on Tuesday night.
The rent control referendum, like special elections across the state, coincided with local board of education races on Tuesday, and the 18% turnout among Asbury Park’s 9,676 registered voters was not much higher than school board elections typically generate.
Asbury Park residents to vote Tuesday on strict rent control rule
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Canvassers from the Asbury Park Affordable Housing Coalition left a Vote Yes flier at a resident s door in advance of Tuesday s referendum on a strict rent control measure.Steve Strunsky | NJ Advance Media For NJ.com
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If not for their clipboards and “Vote Yes” fliers, the foursome strolling around Asbury Park on Friday might have passed for an indy band on a break from rehearsing if, that is, they could still afford rehearsal space in town.
In fact, the group of mostly 20-somethings in denim jackets, black jeans and masks were volunteers for the Asbury Park Affordable Housing Coalition. They were canvassing a downtown neighborhood east of Main Street, ringing door bells and talking to homeowners, poking their heads into businesses, and urging people they passed on the sidewalk to vote in favor of a stringent rent control ordinance on the ballot in a city-wide