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Can your landlord raise the rent? What the law actually says

Not for three years from the start of the lease, unless your contract says otherwise.

  • A landlord may not raise the rent of a home until three years have passed since the lease began, or since the last agreed increase, unless the contract says otherwise.
  • "Lease start" means the day the relationship first began under contract, not each yearly renewal at the municipality.
  • One exception: if you asked for improvements and the landlord carried them out, the rent can rise in proportion to their cost.
  • We found no percentage cap on increases in the law text. Read your contract closely: the words "unless agreed otherwise" matter.

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Checked against the official pages on 27 Oct 2026. Laws change: if a post and an official page disagree, the official page wins.

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