Q: Month to month lease landlord increased rent. May of 2022
My landlord emailed me the rent increase paper to sign. He asked me to print it sign it and date it. My current rent is 700 he is increasing it to 800. Today I came home to a paper the same exact paper that he emailed me except for there’s a change where it shows I pay 700 currently and it’s increase to 900. Not sure what I should do. This is typical of this landlord is this even legal?
A: This is why no one should ever rent their residence or business space on a month-to-month basis. Unless you have a written lease your landlord can do anything they want, as long as they give you 30 days' notice.
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