Montclair’s council is concerned and has passed tenant protections, but what remedies are there when the protections are abused and threaten seniors staying in their own homes?
Opponents of Montclair’s rent-control ordinance have filed an amended referendum petition with the township after their first petition was rejected by the township clerk in October.
BY JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS
winters@montclairlocal.news
With almost half of Montclair’s residents paying rent rather than a mortgage and COVID-19 bringing severe job and wage loss, government officials and housing advocates are doing what they can to help.
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