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No ‘October Surprise,’ a resounding end to Hoboken’s rent control referendum campaigns
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No ‘October Surprise,’ a resounding end to Hoboken’s rent control referendum campaigns

The future of rent control in Hoboken is in the hands of voters, but even in the final week before the Nov. 5 vote, they’re not exactly inundated with campaign materials.

The landlord interest group that launched the referendum to change Hoboken’s rent control ordinance sent much of the same message — largely mailers and digital ads — before Election Day, a striking difference from Jersey City’s 2019 referendum on short-term rentals. where Airbnb spent over $3 million.