in Ridgewood.

Ridgewood has no local rent-control ordinance, so the state-baseline rent regime applies [per DCA 2025 Rent Control Survey]. The Village separately enforces an entire ban on short-term rentals under its zoning code, which excludes transient occupancy from permitted residential uses [per Village ordinance]. Lead-paint inspection follows the visual methodology under N.J.S.A. 52:27D-437.16 and P.L. 2024 c.74. The K-12 Ridgewood Public Schools district serves the Village, and the Ridgewood Planning Board adopted the Village's Mount Laurel Fourth Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan on June 23, 2025 . NJ Transit Main Line and Bergen County Line both stop at the Ridgewood station. The 2020 Census recorded 25,979 residents across the village. Bergen Vicinage Special Civil Part in Hackensack handles landlord-tenant filings. ZIPs 07450 and 07451. The rail commute to Midtown via Secaucus Junction runs about 50 minutes.

25,979

s

07450, 07451

50 min

$1,115,000

None

Check with clerk

Not required

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

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

No active local ordinance (state baseline applies)

Prohibited

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.

• 2025 Fourth Round Housing Element & Fair Share Plan adopted by Planning Board 6/23/2025 (Kyle + McManus Associates, Elizabeth McManus PP, AICP).
• Per-town RDP not yet publicly verified; see DCA Round 4 Calculation Workbook for binding number.

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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.