Rent Leveling Board Meeting

The Rent Leveling Office serves the
interests of:
1. Tenants, in terms of assuring their
occupancy of well-maintained and
improved housing at fair and reasonable
levels of rent.
2. Landlords, in terms of assuring them as far
as possible rentals which will yield a fair
return on their investments while affording
them the opportunity to make expenditures
designed to upgrade the quality of the
housing stock.
3. The City of Paterson, in terms of assuring
the maintenance of the fiscal well-being of
the City to the extent that this well-being is
based on the taxing of real property and on
the welfare of tenants and landlords as well
as on the preservation of good housing and
the enhancement of neighborhoods.
Functions of the Rent Leveling Office:
• To supply information and assistance to
landlords and tenants
• To remedy violations of the Rent Leveling
Ordinance by ordering rebates and
increases.
• To accept and process complaints from
tenants of illegal increases.
• To accept and process applications from
landlords for rental increases under the
hardship, exemptions, capital
improvement and service rent increase
provisions of the Rent Leveling
Ordinance.

Referral Agencies: We make referrals to different City and other
agencies such as:
Housing Issues
Paterson Housing Authority
60 Van Houten Street, Paterson, NJ
(973) 345-5080

Division of Community Improvements
For housing code enforcement
111 Broadway, Paterson, NJ
(973) 321-1232

Division of Housing
For Emergency Shelter, First Time Home
Buyers, Home Improvement, Relocation
125 Ellison Street, 4th FL., Paterson, NJ
(973) 321-1214

Division of Health
For Sanitation Inspection – Lack of Heat
Hotline/water
176 Broadway, Paterson, NJ
(973) 321-1277

Rent Help
Passaic County Board of Social Services
80 Hamilton Street, Paterson, NJ
(973) 881-0100

Catholic Family Community Services
24 Degrasse Street, Paterson, NJ
(973) 279-7100

Hispanic Multi-Purpose Center
911 East 23rd Street, Paterson, NJ
(973) 684-3320

Utility Assistance
Paterson Task Force
155 Ellison Street, Paterson, NJ
(973) 279-2333

PSE&G
Center City
301 Main Street, Paterson, NJ
(1-800) 436-7734

For Legal Eviction, Rent Collection and
Security Deposit Disputes
Landlord/Tenant Court
77 Hamilton Street, Paterson, NJ
(973) 247-8229

For Legal Advice / Representation
North East NJ Legal Services
152 Market Street, 6th FL
Paterson, NJ
(973) 523-2900