East Brunswick, NJ Rental Property Rules: Rent Increase Notice (2026)

Section 169-6(B) of the Township Code sets the notice rule for rent control dwellings in East Brunswick Township. The landlord must show the tenant the calculations behind the increase, including the most recent and pertinent available Consumer Price Index and the Consumer Price Index twelve months earlier, on the standardized form provided by the Department of Planning and Engineering. The notice goes by certified mail, and the effective date must fall between thirty and sixty days after the notice is given.

Service is defined in § 169-1(L): certified mail, return receipt requested, or personal service on an individual 14 years of age or older who resides at the premises. Timing is tied to the lease. Under § 169-7, an increase at any time other than the expiration of a lease or termination of a periodic lease is void, and § 169-28 treats a landlord as having waived any increase or surcharge not applied for at lease renewal.

Surcharges carry their own notices. For a property tax surcharge, § 169-10 requires certified mail showing the present property tax, the prior year's tax, the square feet in the dwelling, the tax increase per square foot, the square feet the tenant occupies and the maximum allowable surcharge. It cannot take effect less than thirty days after notice, and the landlord can send it at any time after receiving the new tax bill. A garbage and solid waste surcharge under § 169-34 also needs thirty days after certified mail notice and applies only at lease renewal. For a capital improvement surcharge, § 169-16 requires notices to each affected tenant at least ten days before the Board hearing, and the surcharge takes effect no sooner than the next lease renewal. A tenant can pay a property tax surcharge in twelve consecutive equal monthly installments under § 169-11.