Q: Can my landlord change terms of my signed lease?
My lease is up next month and on the signed lease it states “after lease end date, lease will go month-to-month” (vs signing for another full year) “until either party gives 60 day notice to move). My landlord send me a new copy of the lease to sign, where it is a lease for another full year. When I asked about the month to month part, they tried saying that wasn’t an option. Then they said if we went month-to-month, they would have to increase rent price. Is this allowed?
A: Well, they can’t really get out of the month to month provision but a month to month lease is subject to renegotiation every month so they could say the rent is going up and not renew you unless you agree to the higher rent.
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