The Jersey City Council passed two ordinances requiring disclosure, transparency, and accountability in Ratio Utility Billing Systems (RUBS) to prevent landlords from unfairly calculating utility costs for tenants.
Portside Towers Tenant Association activist Mark Boyles endorsed the housing energy ordinance 4.1 that was up for a vote on second reading.
“The problem is the absolute lack of transparency. Tenants have no way to verify if the math is right, if they’re being overcharged,” he explained.
Longtime Heights resident Yvonne Balcer was against it, claiming the city gives a disproportionate amount of aid to tenants compared to property owners…