Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Michigan
lease/landlord issues
i signed a 3 month lease in Jan 2007, when that expired my landlord never brought me a new lease. i notified him in June 2006 that we needed a new one. I was brought a copy, I never signed one for him. He notified me now (Feb 2008) that my rent increased from 500 to 525 last June and I owe him $225 in back rent. Can he do this without a signed lease and without informing me properly of a rent increase? He also told me that because there is no signed lease, he could technically charge me $1200 because of a $100 increase in rent for every month that i remained at the property without a lease. Are either of these charges legal?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: lease/landlord issues
No, the charges are not legal. When your signed lease expired, you defaulted to a month-to-month tenancy. In order to raise the rent, your landlord would have been required to give you 30 days notice.
For more information on your landlord's obligations, please visit my website at www.lawrefs.com.
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