To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: This is in response to the December 16, 2021 TriCityNews article “Economic And Political Time Bomb In Asbury Park.” On April 20, 2021 a vote was held on a petition for rent control. The Mayor and Council rejected the petition before it went to vote for several reasons. A […]

The city council is seeking comment on proposed amendments to the city’s rent stabilization ordinance, according to an announcement on the city website. The public comment period ends on Monday, Nov. 22 at 10 am for online submissions, which can be made here. The next council meeting is Nov. 23, where in-person statements can be […]

A referendum on a rent control ordinance sponsored by a group of residents who got enough signatures to get the proposal on the ballot was defeated by a nearly 2-1 margin. The City Council unanimously enacted their own rent control ordinance on March 10. Had the referendum passed, it would have replaced the council’s rent […]

The Asbury Park Property Owners Association issued a statement this morning regarding the passage of a rent control ordinance by the City Council last night. The following is the statement: Sadly, and without thorough investigation, the City Council today passed rent control in Asbury Park, a moment that will be remembered for its genesis in […]

The City Council has approved a rent control ordinance which would limit rent increases in covered units to 3.5 percent annually. If the inflation rate, as measured by the Consumer Price Index [CPI] exceeds 3.5 percent, then rents would be capped at the CPI.  The vote was 5-0.  The issue was suddenly elevated when the […]

After listening to input from landlords and affordable housing advocates, the City Council is scheduled to introduce its own rent control ordinance at tonight’s council meeting.  “We’re doing this because this is a council policy in the end, and we decided let’s dig down and let’s get it done,” Councilwoman Eileen Chapman previously told the […]

To the Editor, Asbury Park Sun: The Asbury Park Housing Coalition ( Coalition) has requested relief on behalf of residents whose rent they contend has reached levels where it  is displacing and causing these residents, a number of whom are long-time residents, to leave our community.   At a recent Asbury Park Council meeting many in the virtual audience argued, correctly I believe, that without relief […]

The Asbury Park Property Owners Coalition have sent an open letter to the City Council and the public outlining the position of city landlords regarding a public referendum on a rent control ordinance proposed by the Asbury Park Affordable Housing Coalition. The referendum would be held April 20. The five-member committee of petitioners who submitted […]

After a nearly three hour public hearing, the city council tonight rejected a rent control ordinance proposed by the Asbury Park Affordable Housing Coalition [APAHA}. The vote was 3-1 against, with one abstention.  Mayor John Moor and Council members Eileen Chapman and Yvonne Clayton voted no. Deputy Mayor Amy Quinn voted yes and Councilmember Jesse […]

Calling a proposed rent control ordinance by the Asbury Park Affordable Housing Coalition [APAHC] “one of the most severe rent control schemes in the history of the entire state,” a coalition of landlords issued a statement today outlining their own proposed ordinance. A virtual public hearing via Zoom is scheduled before the City Council tonight […]