Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in California

I have been served a 60 day notice to vacate my room in a rental unit on the 1st.... and then served a $50 rent increase as a 30 day notice. I'm confused - do I have to accept this or can I reject the rent increase? I've lived here for over a year and pay $560 a month.


Asked on 1/02/14, 9:37 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Brian Rosales Harris, Rosales & harris

The landlord has the right to increase the rent upon proper notice. The notice appears to be proper. It is not necessary for you to agree to the rent increase for it to take effect. It is unusual for a rent increse to be done following the service of a 60-day notice to terminate the tenancy but it is not improper. You have the right to submit your own 30-day notice to terminate the tenancy and move out within the 30-days to avoid paying the rent increase. (Although it appears that at this point your 30-day period would cover part of the increase rent period.) The reasoning behind landlord giving a notice of rent increase is to allow a tenant to choose to move rather that pay the increase.

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Answered on 1/03/14, 10:57 am


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