how often can a landlord raise the rent in a year and is there a limit on how much at a time?

Answer 1

Depending on what state you are in, you should call the tenants council and ask for the brochure you and your landlords rights. The question is do you have a lease? Is it month to month? Or when does your lease expire? Legally if you have a lease which has not expired the landlord have to give you a notice to raise your rent. Also he will have to provide reasonable proof why he need to raise the rent if your lease have yet to end. If your lease is still in effect and he raised your rent numerous times within the year, contact legal aid and start asking questions quick.

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P.S. Try the links below perhaps they can answer some of your questions hon. Some landlords or slumlords sorry to say.

Answer 2

if you made him angry and are not renting with a signed agreement he will raise the rent until you leave if you live in a rent controlled neighborhood call your city hall do this anyway as you maybe under rent control and not know landlords often will not tell you if they feel they can get away with it. if you have a signed agreement read it and if the agreement has been violated you can take him to court if you have a good enough lawyer you may end up with enough to own your own home depending on the state you live in of course also check cp1942 if you live in CA if your landlord is raising your rent or doing something in retaliation for legal actions on your part you are intitaled to some relief and he can be in trouble with the law if not in CA your state probably has a similar statute check with a on-line or with a legal clinic or lawyer

Answer 3

Most places have rent control. It depends on what your lease says. If you are leased with a specific price per month written into the contract, the landlord cannot raise your rent at all for the duration of your lease.

Answer 4

It depeds on where you live and whether there is a Residential Landlord-Tenant Oridinance in place. It also depends on whether you have a written lease which would limit your landlord to only raising the rent at the start of each lease period.

Answer 5

Your lease should have a limit on it. If you are renting month to month with no lease then there is no limit to what they can raise it to and how often. Most of the time it is limited to the cost of living increase or what ever % is listed in you lease.

Answer 6

It depends on your lease. If you are renting month to month the rent can be raised every month. However, if you have a year lease you have a contract to rent that property at a pre-determined price for a year (unless, of course, the lease specifically states that the rent can be changed).

Answer 7

If you do not have a lease, he can raise the rent as much as he wants every month. If you have a lease, he can only raise it when the lease expires.

Unless, of course, you are in a commie city like NY where the rent is controlled by the politicians.

Answer 8

Depends on the laws in your state and what's in your lease. Do a google search for Landlord Law or Tenant Rights in your state.

Answer 9

It depends on what's in your lease...

And, that's why you need one!!! Without a good lease protecting both parties, you're at the whim of your landlord!

Answer 10

As long as you are not under contract, or live in an area with rent controls, as many times as they like...