Category Archives: Rent Control Ordinance

Permitted Rent Increase Table (%)

Posted on March 21, 2015 by colonnaderesident

Permitted Rent Increase Table is provided by the City of Newark.

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Court Hearing – Motion to Intervene

Posted on January 20, 2015 by colonnaderesident

Neighbors, Landlords filed a lawsuit against our new Rent Control Ordinance that lowers our rents to the CPI % increase (inflation running under 2%). In response, Tenant groups filed a Motion to Intervene in this lawsuit because as the people … Continue reading →

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Hearing Postponed – Here We Go Again!!

Posted on December 8, 2014 by colonnaderesident

Tomorrow’s Rent Control Board meeting is postponed once again. I am REALLY biting my tongue here: This just in. The Rent Control Board hearing for Pietro Pariselli has been POSTPONED until Tuesday, January 13, 2015. Reason for postponement – The … Continue reading →

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What to do? Here’s more…Do this.

Posted on December 2, 2014 by colonnaderesident

December 2, 2014 I spoke with Maria Hernandez, of Newark’s Rent Control Office this morning, and she agrees with me, and will propose that the first hearing of a Colonnade tenant (not scheduled until January) should be used as a … Continue reading →

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By now, you should be aware that Judge Funari dismissed the landlords’ suit against the City of Newark regarding the Rent Control Ordinance.  All landlords must comply with the Rent Control Ordinance which became effective on June 20, 2014 and … Continue reading →

Posted on December 2, 2014 by colonnaderesident | Leave a comment

December 1, 2014 By now, you should be aware that Judge Funari dismissed the landlords’ suit against the City of Newark regarding the Rent Control Ordinance.  All landlords must comply with the Rent Control Ordinance which became effective on June … Continue reading →

Posted on September 2, 2014 by colonnaderesident | Leave a comment

A Victory – But our work is not done….

Posted on August 30, 2014 by colonnaderesident

Tenants — Friday evening, we received an email from Matt Shapiro of the NJ Tenants Organization stating the City of Newark issued a policy directive on Friday to Maria Hernandez of Newark Rent Control. This was following several days’ of … Continue reading →

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From Newark Tenant Leaders: Tenants, mark your calendars for the City Council Meetings on Thursday, Sept. 4 (daytime) and Wednesday, Sept. 17 (evening). Karen Brown, the new Chair of the city’s Law Dept., in conjunction with landlord attorneys Calvin Souder and … Continue reading →

Posted on August 22, 2014 by colonnaderesident | Leave a comment