Enhances oversight of municipal rent control enforcement; establishes Rent Control Ombudsman; appropriates $4 million.
Enhances oversight of enforcement of municipal rent control and rent leveling ordinances. Establishes a Rent Control Ombudsman in the Department of Community Affairs to receive complaints and refer matters to the Attorney General. Appropriates $4 million from the General Fund, $2 million to the Attorney General and $2 million to the Department of Community Affairs. Permits tenants adversely affected by non-enforcement to bring an action for relief in Superior Court.
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