Apartments for rent in Fair Lawn.

Rent control

None

Registration required

Check with clerk

CO on turnover

Not required

2024 General Tax Rate

3.549 per $100 (Bergen Co. Bd. of Taxation, Feb 2025)

Lead-safe inspection methodology

Visual Inspection NJ DCA / N.J.A.C. 5:28A

Rent control

Active — 4% peak cap

STR ordinance

No standalone ordinance identified

Fair Lawn rent-control formula

lower of 4% of base rent OR 12-month-average CPI-U (NY-Northeastern NJ region) at lease expiration of any one-year-or-longer lease or periodic tenancy

Borough Code Ch. 177, Rent Control (Section 11-6 of 1981 Revised General Ordinances, adopted 7-27-1982)

Exemptions: owner-occupied 2-or-less unit dwellings; newly-constructed first-rented units.

Fair Lawn Borough Code Ch. 177 →

Mount Laurel 4th Round (2025–2035)

Bergen County is in DCA Region 1 (regional prospective need = 27,743 units across the region). Obligations binding 7/1/2025–6/30/2035 per P.L.2024 c.2.

• Code Ch. 49 implements affordable housing per Ord. 2482-2018 framework, updated for Round 4.
• Per-town RDP not yet publicly verified; see DCA Round 4 Calculation Workbook for binding number.

Be the first landlord to list in Fair Lawn.

All 70 Bergen municipalities supported. NJ compliance baked in: Section 8 acceptance, FCHA two-phase screening, $50 application fee cap, lead-safe certification tracking.

• Security deposits are capped at 1.5× monthly rent under N.J.S.A. 46:8-21.2. Your landlord must hold the deposit in an NJ FDIC-insured account and pay annual interest (§46:8-19). Return within 30 days of move-out (§46:8-21.1) or face double damages.
• Fair Chance in Housing — landlords cannot ask about criminal history on the initial application. Background checks happen only after a conditional offer (N.J.S.A. 46:8-52 et seq.).
• Section 8 — your housing-choice voucher is a protected source of income. A landlord cannot decline an applicant because they intend to pay with Section 8 (NJLAD).
• Eviction — good cause required for all evictions under the NJ Anti-Eviction Act (N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1). Lease expiration alone is not grounds.