Hudson Reporter
Rent increase moratorium continues in Jersey City
Jersey City Council extends rent freeze legislation ×
Some tenants will not be faced with a rent increase.
With a unanimous vote, the Jersey City Council adopted an ordinance to continue the city’s rent freeze due to the COVID-19 pandemic and public health emergency.
The ordinance continues a rent-increase freeze on certain rental units, except owner-occupied homes with four or less rental units. It also prohibits landlords from imposing a penalty or collecting a fee for late payment of rent.
Begging to differ
“Where is my tax freeze? …am I a lesser citizen… compared to a tenant?” questioned resident Yvonne Balcer. “This is nothing but socialism to its core,” she said calling the rent freeze ordinance “immoral”, “evil,” and “absolutely wrong.”
In rarely seen vote, Jersey City Council OKs resolution to abolish HCDO line with only 2 yeses
By Daniel Ulloa/ Hudson County View
Ward E Councilman James Solomon, the sponsor of the measure, was joined by Councilman-at-Large Rolando Lavarro in voting yes.
The remaining electeds in attendance, Councilman-at-Large Daniel Rivera, Ward B Councilwoman Mira Prinz-Arey, Ward C Councilman Rich Boggiano, and Ward D Councilman Yousef Saleh all abstained, with Council President Joyce Watterman, Ward A Councilwoman Denise Ridley, and Ward F Councilman Jermaine Robinson absent.
“It is a big conversation. It is an extraordinarily important conversation as a state we simply have not had until the last year,” Solomon said prior to the vote.