On August 23, 2023, Ordinance 23-07 Establishing Rent Stabilization Regulations was adopted, and on September 21, 2023, it went into effect. The Ordinance is intended to establish permanent rent stabilization regulations within the City of Maywood.
A rental registry requires owners of units subject to the Rent Adjustment Program fee to report rent and tenancy data to the Maywood Rent Stabilization Program annually. Owners are required to register for the first time no later than February 1, 2024. Starting in 2024, owners must update or confirm their units’ tenancy data annually by September 1.
Yes. Per Chapter 8-21.12, Rental Unit Registration. No landlord shall demand or accept rent for a Covered Rental Unit without first registering the Covered Rental Unit and serving on the Tenant or displaying in a clearly visible location, proof of registration.
Applicable Rental Units:
- Apartment
- Duplex
Exemptions:
- Dwelling units with a certificate of occupancy issued after February 1, 1995
- Dwelling units with the landlord’s or the landlord’s immediate family
- Rent for a Registered Covered Rental Unit in 2023 may be increased no more than 3.8% based upon the current CPI until April 2024.
- One Rent increase for a Covered Rental Unit may be imposed in any twelve (12) month period.
Owners may register their units by going to the online Rental Registry portal here.
Owners who do not register covered units by the February 1, 2024, deadline will not be able to file petitions for rent increases or impose rent increases, nor will they be able to file responses to tenants’ petitions. Owners who do not meet this new requirement will not be able to file petitions for rent increases or impose rent increases, nor will they be able to file responses to tenants’ petitions, along with any other criteria of section 8.
- Unit Number and unit type
- Exemption status
- Year APN built? Year property was built.
- Certificate of Occupancy or equivalent permit
- Occupancy type
- Current Rent
- Future rent increase