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My landlord has increased my rent by £100 per month. Is there anything I can do?
Can you please tell me if there is a certain percentage that a landlord can increase the rent by? My rent has increased by £100 per month. I was paying £415 and now been told to pay £515. I think this is a bit of a large increase and just wanted to know if there was anything I could say or do?
This depends on the type of tenancy that you hold. If you have a private landlord and your tenancy began in February 1998 or later then there is little you can do unless the rent increase breaches any of the written terms of the tenancy agreement or is being made too soon after the previous increase. If you have a registered social landlord or your tenancy predates 1998 and is not what is termed an assured shorthold tenancy you should obtain legal advice urgently as you can ask the Rent Service to review the proposed increase.
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