in Little Ferry.

Little Ferry borders the Hackensack River with the eastern Meadowlands tidal zone defining its boundary. The K-8 Little Ferry Public Schools feed into Ridgefield Park Memorial HS for grades 9-12 via inter-district arrangement. Borough Code Chapter 15 administers an active rent-leveling regime: the per-period ceiling tracks the CPI percentage difference measured 90 days prior to lease expiration versus 90 days prior to lease entry, with an absolute 10 percent cap — notably higher than most Bergen ordinances. Exempted property classes include transient-guest premises, mixed-use structures with up to one-third commercial floor space, and owner-occupied three-unit-or-fewer dwellings; vacancy decontrol applies on re-rental. The Borough is on the DCA 2025 Survey active roster, but the 2026-05 deep-dive noted that publicly indexed board minutes and hardship-form repositories are sparse — direct municipal clerk contact at (201) 641-9234 is the recommended route for hardship application status. Lead-paint inspection is visual under DCA's 2025-26 methodology list, 3-year cycle from P.L. 2024 c.74. The 2024 general tax rate was 2.505 per $100 assessed. Bus service via Route 46 reaches the George Washington Bridge in roughly 45 minutes [per DCA 2025 Survey + ecode360.com/34743859].

10,987

07643

45 min

$538,500

Active (Borough Code Ch. 15 (Rent Control) — DCA 2025 Survey active roster)

10%

Yes

Not required

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

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

Active — 10% peak cap

No standalone ordinance identified

Little Ferry rent-control formula

CPI percentage difference (90 days prior to expiration of lease vs. 90 days prior to lease entry), up to 10% max

Borough Code Ch. 15 (Rent Control) — DCA 2025 Survey active roster

Exemptions: transient-guest premises; mixed-use ≤1/3 commercial floor space; owner-occupied dwellings ≤3 units.

Little Ferry Borough Code Ch. 15 →

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.

• Per binding resolution.
• Per-town RDP not yet publicly verified; see DCA Round 4 Calculation Workbook for binding number.

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• 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).
• Rent control — Little Ferry limits annual rent increases. Current cap: 10%.
• 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.