Yvonne wrote:
Secondly, no one living in a tax abatement building will see an increase nor someone living in rent control since their increase are based on the rent leveling board of one to four percent.

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Hmmm interesting website https://jerseycityairbnb.com/

Boggiano Family Profit from STRs

- November 1, 2019November 1, 2019 - friendly neighbor

https://jerseycityairbnb.com/boggiano-family-profit-from-strs/

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K-Lo2 wrote:
JC NAACP votes no, economic discrimination against renters.

https://hudsoncountyview.com/jersey-ci ... -economic-discrimination/

what a bizarre thing for the NAACP to get involved in. I wonder how much Airbnb paid them for their support.

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JCBORN wrote:
This isn't the first time the homeowners are being hurt. I don't think the city cares. It's all political. Whoever gets them more votes. Renters vs. Landlords. Obviously, there are more tenants than owners/landlords in JC.

How many people sit on the board working on this ordinance? What percentage of them are landlords? I don't feel they are represented well.

At least the bad airbnb tenants are just short-term. Many landlords are stuck with nightmare tenants who are in the apartment for years.


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Yvonne wrote:
I was at a meeting where a city employee stated they were getting calls from residents about Airbnb guests. They accuse the guests of getting high from pot and acting loud. But isn't that what Fulop wants for JC? Fulop is pushing recreational marijuana. I see both sides but the real issue is - Fulop pushed this Airbnb and now the homeowners who made these investments are being hurt.

There are many threads on Nextdoor.com about this - the board the city convened for the purpose of getting input on the ordinance were disproportionately white, wealthy brownstone owners and a member of the hotel lobby. No renters sat on the board. Literally, a member of the hotel lobby helped to draft this legislation. It's a festering piece of NIMBY garbage.

Yvonne wrote:
I was at a meeting where a city employee stated they were getting calls from residents about Airbnb guests. They accuse the guests of getting high from pot and acting loud. But isn't that what Fulop wants for JC? Fulop is pushing recreational marijuana. I see both sides but the real issue is - Fulop pushed this Airbnb and now the homeowners who made these investments are being hurt.

MDM wrote:
I know someone who just refused to allow the inspection (which you can do). I am inclined to do the same at this point.

I am inspected by the state every 5 years
I get inspected by code enforcement every 5 years.
Now we have to also pay an electrician to inspect the smoke detectors and submit a report to the city.

Too much already.

The one item that has bothered me the most about the Fulop administration is that it seems this administration is now enforcing every ordinance on the book to raise $$$.. Ordinances that were ignored previously. (i.e. if you have a home security system, you have to register it for a fee).

Originally it was just businesses that were getting hammered with increased licensing fees and multiple inspections (with registration fees, from multiple agencies, checking the same thing). Now every 3+ family building owner is getting nickle and dime to death.

brewster wrote:
Does anybody know what these clowns are looking for? Many years ago some firemen were not happy about my basement shelves with paper catalogs. I do think it's probably time to ditch them, but now I'm wondering about accelerants. I have more than 1/2 doz gallon cans of various thinners, some stored in a steel cabinet, though it's not exterior vented. And several gallons of lubricating oil. I can just imagine these guys going nuts!

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Correction: jersey city residents lay one of the lowest property tax rates in the state.

TommyTwoTimes wrote:
Speaking to a limo driver in the funeral business said funeral homes always wish they had more parking. The bigger the better for lining up cars the morning of a funeral procession. You generally would add to your parking not sell it at any price.

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JCBORN wrote:
I think everyone knew the rents were going to go up once the RE taxes went up. Now we have a crisis and we don't know what to do with ourselves.

Incorrect. Taxes did NOT go up in the reval, the load got redistributed to be more fair. Many properties saw taxes go down.

brewster wrote:
Here's why we have an inventory, and thus affordability, crisis: developers cannot today build what's on the left, only what's on the right. 56 homes, vs perhaps 8. Building "affordable housing" is still rationing it while we keep supply low with zoning to protect incumbent owners and the precious street parking.

Yvonne wrote:
I actually prefer to shop at chains stores because they have policies not found in independent businesses. I complained about a product I usually buy at Trader Joe today and the store gave me credit. The product was no up to their usual standard. Of course, I do have exceptions, such as old time businesses.

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Fulop's opponent in the last election ran on a platform of expanding rent control right down to single family homes.

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JCBORN wrote:
Did anyone on here convert a rent-control building into condos? Is that an easy process?

Your big upfront expense will be bribing the tenants to leave. Typically this is 2 to 3 years worth of rent paid once the tenant leaves. Hoboken during the 1980s real estate boom was infamous for incidents of mafia lighting hitting buildings. Nothing gets rent controlled tenants out faster than a fire.

I did one building years ago that I got off rent control: I eliminated the commercial unit, turning it into a 4 family. You can do this with 6 and 8 family buildings as well.. Combine the apartments into huge units. Huge apartments though, especially in a downturn, can be harder to rent.

New construction (unless the state law changed since I less checked) is free from any local rent control ordinance for 5 years.