Property Owners Association of North Bergen, Plaintiffs-Respondents v. the Township of North Bergen, a…

Summary

The Supreme Court of New Jersey affirmed the lower courts' ruling that North Bergen's rent control amendments, which froze rents for senior tenants and required landlords to subsidize them, are unconstitutional as a taking without due process. The Court held that the ordinance fails to provide landlords a just and reasonable return and therefore violates the Fourteenth Amendment. Justice Pashman dissented, arguing the ordinance is constitutional.