🎉 VICTORY!
In a unanimous vote, Passaic stabilizes rents at 3% and becomes the 5th city in NJ to eliminate vacancy decontrol! This new housing ordinance will impact more than 10,000 tenants, nearly half of the city’s renter population.
#PassaicTenants #RentersRising
📢Tonight, Passaic City Council will vote on one of the strongest rent stabilization laws in NJ, protecting 4,000+ families from displacement & ending vacancy decontrol!
➡️ Today, September 2nd
⏰ 6:30pm
📍 Passaic City Hall - 330 Passaic Street
#PassaicTenants #RentersRising
🚨Tenants are fed up! Tenants have reported several irregular evictions, high rent increases & displacement that have affected low-income tenants the most.
"Corporate landlords are displacing rent-controlled tenants like us," said tenant leader Pansy.
#RentersRising
“What happened to tenant protections? Evictions, fear & anxiety are now the norm among us,” said Raul outside
City of Elizabeth's housing court.
❌ No heat on the coldest days during winter
❌ Irregular evictions to jack up rent by nearly 3x
❌ No tenant protections
#RentersRising
