Jamouneau v. Harner

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

The basic issue here is the constitutional sufficiency of the State Rent Control Act of 1953, c. 216, N. J. S. 2.A :42-14 et seq., entitled “An Act providing for the regulation of rents and possession of housing space, with respect to certain properties in certain municipalities, making an appropriation and repealing” the Rent Control Act of 1950, c. 234.

The act of 1953 has a preamble reciting that (1) “A serious public emergency exists in certain areas of this State due to continued shortage of rental housing space”; (2) “Rent control is…