Q: My rental office increased my rent midway through my 12 month lease without giving me 30 days until the next month.
Then asked me to sign a new lease.. I went to the rental office to sign she wasn't there a fill in person was there who called her and she didn't have the paperwork printed up and said she would leave it on my door to sign and return. I work alot so I had not gotten a chance to return in but I did just go ahead and pay the increased amount for January she left a letter on my door saying if I didn't turn the paperwork in today she would start the eviction process is this legal?
A: I strongly encourage you to consult with someone who can look over the lease at issue. Generally a landlord will have no right to increase rent in the middle of a lease term. You may wish to call the Landlord-Tenant hotline at Baltimore Neighborhoods Inc. (a non-profit that answers landlord/tenant questions throughout the state of Maryland) at 1-800-487-6007 (staffed weekdays starting at 9am), go to a District Court self help center to talk to a volunteer attorney and/or call an attorney who handles landlord/tenant matters.
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