Rental Increase Notice Information & Tool

How often the landlord can raise the rent:

For a fixed term leases, the landlord isn’t allowed to raise the rent until the end of the lease.
In a month-to-month tenancy, the landlord isn’t allowed to raise the rent during the first year.
A landlord can't raise the rent more than once in each 12 months.
The landlord must give at least 90 days’ notice before the rent goes up for month-to-month tenancies.
Week-to-week renters must get seven days’ notice.

How a Rental Increase Notice can be Delivered:

By personal delivery (the landlord hands the renter a piece of paper with the written notice on it).
By regular first class mail, with three extra days added.
By posting & mail if agreed upon in the rental agreement. The landlord will post a copy of the notice and send another copy by mail.

The rent increase notice must be written, and delivered on paper. A landlord can also notify a renter by text, email, etc, but must give a physical notice.
The notice must include the amount of the rent increase (how much extra will the landlord be charging), the total amount of the new rent, and the date when the rent increase goes into effect.
If the landlord believes that they are exempt from the maximum increase cap, they must explain why.

If you’re renting a place that has a certificate of occupancy that’s less than 15 years old, the
landlord can raise the rent in any amount. But the landlord would have to prove that they had a
certificate of occupancy and that it was less than 15 years old.
If you live in public or subsidized housing, the landlord can raise the rent in any amount that’s allowed by the rules of the housing program which may be effected by changes in your income. This does not include Section 8 Voucher, VASH Voucher, or similar programs, for these the landlord is not allowed to raise rent more than the rent increase limits.
If you live in a manufactured home park with more than 30 spaces, and the park is over 15 years old, the landlord can only raise your rent by 6%, unless over half the park votes to approve a larger increase.