Enhances oversight of municipal rent control enforcement; establishes Rental Control Ombudsman; appropriates $4 million.
The bill enhances oversight of enforcement of municipal rent control and rent leveling ordinances. It establishes a Rental Control Ombudsman within the Department of Community Affairs to receive complaints and refer matters to the Attorney General. The Ombudsman issues annual public reports identifying municipalities with non-enforcement patterns. The bill allows adversely affected tenants or tenant associations to bring actions for relief in Superior Court if municipalities fail to enforce ordinances.
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