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

City Code § 11-6 requires any landlord seeking an increase in rent on a unit covered by Chapter 11 to notify the tenant by certified mail, return receipt requested. The notice must set out the calculations involved in computing the increase: the consumer price index ninety days prior to the entry of the lease, the consumer price index ninety days before the lease's expiration, and both the allowable percentage increase and the allowable rental increase expressed in dollars. This mirrors the calculation method the Rent Leveling Board itself uses under § 11-5A, so a tenant who receives the notice can check the landlord's math against the same CPI figures published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the New York-Newark-Jersey City region, on file for public inspection at the City Clerk's office under § 11-1.

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