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.