Rent control is coming to Montclair May 9: How it’ll work
Montclair Housing Commission chairman William Scott said 60% of Montclair renters would be covered under the new rent stabilization.
Deirdre Malloy
Montclair’s landlord-tenant committee to reorganize
The Landlord-Tenant Housing Committee is slated to be reorganized into a new nine-member Landlord-Tenant Advisory Committee with a similar purpose.
Montclair will pay attorney who stepped down after racial comment about $86,000
Also: Council had report on Ira Karasick calling an official "three-fifths of a human" for weeks before he resigned, and some say it should have acted faster.
105 years of the Montclair NAACP — and what’s next
"It’s about helping human beings," new chapter President Roger Terry said.
Renters need to ‘certify’ for assistance as NJ winds down eviction moratorium
In order to be protected from evictions, renters will now have to certify their income and the effects of COVID-19 on that income with the state.
Tenants, landlords urged to be honest in rent freeze reports
Montclair officials enacted a rent freeze last year to protect tenants during the economic downturn due to COVID-19. Now, a Landlord-Tenant Housing Advisory Committee official says that while some landlords have violated the ordinance, some tenants have filed false claims about landlords concerning the freeze.
Montclair coalition tackles food-access issue
By LINDA MOSS
moss@montclairlocal.news
Coming up on the second anniversary of the Pathmark at Lackawanna Plaza closing, a coalition of Montclair organizations is exploring ways to help local senior citizens, as well as others impacted by the supermarket’s demise, get access to food.
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