Increase in rent payment with short time

Posted Sat, Jun 28, 2025 5:45 AM

The Landlord has no power to increase your rent without your consent. Increment of rent is something that must be agreed upon by both the landlord and the tenant.

When you refuse to agree on the rent increment, the landlord might issue you notice to vacate his house, relying on another reason different of rent increment issue. That's what landlords always do.

On the issue of whether you are entitled to Six months. It depends on your tenancy agreement. If your tenancy agreement stipulates that a lesser notice should be given to you, then the landlord can given you lesser length of notice as contained in the agreement, whether or not your rent is due.

If there is no tenancy agreement between you and the landlord, then the landlord must have to give you six months notice, especially as your rent is not yet due.

If the landlord has given you notice, you have three options.

1. You refuse to vacate until he goes to court to be obtain an Order of possession.
2. You try to negotiate with him over the rent increment, either by yourself or through a lawyer.
3. You find another apartment and relocate.

Note: The Landlord can issue you a notice to quit any time whether or not your rent is due. If the landlord refused to give you a required length of notice, you can engage your lawyer to follow the matter up with the landlord.

Thank you.

Ndubuisi Nwegwa, Esq.

Managing Partner

Guidance Law Firm.