Rent increase - legal?

[strangerdj]

I rented an apartment under a 9 month agreement, and at the end of it, my landlord is trying to increase my rent by 10%.
Is it legal?

I remember in SF there was some limit how much they can raise the rent, and it was lower then 10%.

Update: I live in Sunnyvale

Comments

[anonymous]

Depends (you didn't supply enough information). There's this evil thing called rent control in SF, but whether you fall under it or not is not cleare from the information above. The primary things of interest here would be the age of the building and whether the unit is a condo. For more info see

[strangerdj]

Sorry, I forgot to mention that nowdays I live in Sunnyvale

[anonymous]

Ah, well, in this case - not only it's legal, it's normal. As of December 2005, the average rent increase in Sunnyvale is 9.25% (unless you're in a BMR unit). See

http://sunnyvale.ca.gov/City+Council/Council+Meetings/2006January/Reports/06-019.htm

Vadim.

[strangerdj]

Ooo.... well... I had to try :)

P.S; Большое спасибо

[he_tpe3b]

this does not mean, however, that you can not look for another place, and negotiate with your landlord.

quite often you'll be able to find a condo for rent by the owner, in which case it might be cheaper.

hopefully you have enough time to look.

[strangerdj]

Hmm... when I decided to start looking for a new place, I'll bug you as well :)