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AMENDED EXECUTIVE ORDER ESTABLISHING A PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY LIST OF THE CITY'S MOST SEVERE AND HABITUAL NON-COMPLIANT LANDLORDS AND RESTRICTING ACCESS TO CITY INCENTIVES, Friday, July 31,2026.
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark has adopted housing, safety, health, construction,
and registration ordinances to protect the health, safety, and welfare of residents living in
rental properties throughout the City, and
WHEREAS, compliance with these ordinances requires property owners to meet
both physical standards, such as habitability and life safety, and administrative
requirements, such as rental registration, inspections, disclosure of ownership, and
certification, and
WHEREAS, the City has identified a pattern in which certain landlords repeatedly
fail to comply with these requirements, including repeated violations, failure to register
properties, failure to correct conditions after notice, and failure to cooperate with
inspections, and
WHEREAS, repeated non-compliance places residents at risk, delays
enforcement, and causes a disproportionate use of City staff time and resources, and
WHEREAS, the City has further observed that some landlords use limited liability
companies and related ownership structures to avoid accountability by transferring
properties or changing entities while the same individuals continue to control the
properties, and
WHEREAS, limiting enforcement to the property alone, without considering
ownership and control, allows repeat non-compliance to continue and undermines the
effectiveness of City enforcement efforts, and
WHEREAS, the Mayor has authority to direct City departments to coordinate
enforcement activities, share information, and establish administrative policies necessary
to protect the public health and safety and ensure responsible use of City resources, and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the City's commitment to protecting its residents from
predatory landlords, on February 19,...
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