Cordova, TN asked in Contracts and Landlord - Tenant for Tennessee

Q: I signed a 19 month lease in March of 2017, and today, I received a notice that my rent is going up $100 in 30 days.

After a thorough review, there are no clauses or addendums stating rent can increase or be changed at any time in my signed lease from March 2017. Is this unexpected rent increase legal? If the management company changes during my lease, and I'm not asked to sign a new lease, would my existing lease still be in effect? (Again, no addendums or clauses referencing that scenario in my lease either.)

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Mr. James Charles Wright
Mr. James Charles Wright
Answered
  • Knoxville, TN
  • Licensed in Tennessee

A: Contact the management company. Ask them what is the basis for the increase. Unless the lease or an addendum provides a means to increase the rent then the rent would not change.

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