Rent Increase / Lease Obligations

[roger1416]

My ex-landlord gave me notice of a significant rent increase effective June 1st on May 1st. Due to the rent increase, I decided to move and I vacated the apartment at the end of May with about 2 weeks notice.

The ex-landlord says that I owe him for an additional 2 weeks rent for less than 30 days notice. It seems to me that by increasing the rent, the landlord was breaking the lease agreement unless I agreed to the change. (I don't know if this matters but my lease had expired over a year ago and I was simply paying on a month to month basis.)

 

[loudrich]

The question is:

Did you use your security for May's rent? If so then you owe ZERO.... the rent was paid till the 31st of may and you are gone...

Now if you didnt pay May's rent and had No security deposit, then You would owe him 2 weeks.......and pay it!.....he could have asked for the whole month!

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by roger1416:
My ex-landlord gave me notice of a significant rent increase effective June 1st on May 1st. Due to the rent increase, I decided to move and I vacated the apartment at the end of May with about 2 weeks notice.

The ex-landlord says that I owe him for an additional 2 weeks rent for less than 30 days notice. It seems to me that by increasing the rent, the landlord was breaking the lease agreement unless I agreed to the change. (I don't know if this matters but my lease had expired over a year ago and I was simply paying on a month to month basis.) <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

 

[Tracey]

We need to know your state. The rent increase may have broken the lease, or it may just have put you on notice that you needed to terminate the lease properly if you didn't want to pay the extra rent. Also, when did L return your damage deposit & list of deductions? Most states impose a deadline for return & allow T to recover double or triple damages if L wrongfully withholds any of the deposit.

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