Tenants on Jersey City’s west side declared a rent strike over the weekend, exclaiming that their landlord is a slumlord for ignoring rent stabilized status, failing to provide maintenance, and charging punitive fees.
“Roach infestations, mice infestations, missing kitchen appliances, charging a hundred dollars for late rent when Jersey City’s maximum is 35, random $400 court fees in your portal when you never been to court, charging market rate rent without an exemption from rent control,” Bergen Grand Tenant Association President Liv Malone said in a statement.
The Bergen Grand Tenant Association at 429 Bergen Ave. held a rally Saturday to announce that they will be withholding rent until their demands are met.
Earlier this year, the building was deemed to be covered by Jersey City’s rent stabilization ordinance, retroactive to 2019 with only legal increases from that time, which Amir Ben-Yohanon, the landlord, has not reflected in charges to tenants…