Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California
my landlord just died,i have lived in this house for 16 years,and the lady that gets this house,said i can stay here.but my rent is going up. I Have lived here and my landlord has never raised my rent in 16 years.i have only paided 1,200 a month.how much can she raise the rent on me,she said 2.000 or 22.000 can you please tell me..
1 Answer from Attorneys
If you have a fixed-term lease, 1/1/10 - 1/31/11 for example, the lease remains intact and the successor landlord is obligated to honor the rent amount from that lease.
If you have a periodic tenancy, namely month-to-month, a rent increase of less than 10% requires 30 day notice and over 10% requires a 60 day notice. However, this is assuming you are not in a rent controlled unit.
http://www.sjhousing.org/program/apt.html
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