🔴 More than 6,700 residents in Passaic County were evicted last year🔴 Passaic City Council pressured to pass rent control, tenant protectionsPASSAIC — Facing pressure from angry renters, the third-largest city in Passaic County is close to imposing new restrictions on landlords. Get our free mobile appLocal housing advocates said at the most recent city council meeting that the "crisis" is due to rapidly rising rents. In February, the Passaic council approved a rent control measure that capped annual increases to 6%. Rent control laws in New JerseyNew Jersey does not have statewide rent control laws. However, more than 100 municipalities in New Jersey have some form of local rent control ordinance, according to the Urban Institute.