in Westwood.

Westwood is a Pascack Valley borough served by an NJ Transit Pascack Valley Line station running to Hoboken Terminal (cross-platform PATH or NY Waterway ferry transfer for Penn Station / World Trade Center). The downtown Westwood Avenue commercial corridor anchors the Pascack Valley retail footprint. The borough has no local rent-control ordinance on the books — rental terms default to statewide unconscionability doctrine and N.J.S.A. 2A:18-61.1 et seq. Anti-Eviction Act. Lead-safe rentals follow visual inspection on a three-year cycle per N.J.S.A. 52:27D-437.16, amended by P.L. 2024 c.74. K-12 students attend Westwood Regional schools (a consortium shared with the Township of Washington). The borough joined the Local Leaders for Responsible Planning coalition challenging the Mount Laurel Fourth Round framework under P.L. 2024 c.2 (DCA Region 1; 27,743 regional units binding 7/1/2025-6/30/2035). 2020 Census population 11,330. Borough Hall: 101 Washington Ave. (07675). Landlord-tenant cases route to the Bergen Vicinage Special Civil Part in Hackensack.

11,282

07675

55 min

$753,250

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Check with clerk

Not required

2.184 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)

No standalone ordinance identified

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.

• Plaintiff in Local Leaders for Responsible Planning challenging Round 4.
• 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.