Comments | strangerdj: Rent increase

strangerdj

Rent increase - legal?

Jul 03, 2006 12:42

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

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paulinka July 3 2006, 21:27:12 UTC

Sunnyvale has no rent control laws :( Your landlord can pretty much do anything he wants...

paulinka July 3 2006, 21:59:43 UTC

No, he can not. I don't know how people in CA manage to come to such conclusions ("no rent control - he can do anything he wants"). He is still perfectly well governed by UCC (he DID sign a contract with you, did he not?) as well as a boatload of other regulations (e.g. he has to do certain things to the property to be able to rent it ( ... )

strangerdj July 3 2006, 22:06:20 UTC

changing banks is ALOT simpler then moving to a different appartment :)

paulinka July 3 2006, 22:14:41 UTC

Depends on a person, but in general, I guess you're right. Yet another reason to a) sign longer leases b) pay premium for the ability to stay in the place and c) buy your own.

Yeah, while landlords realize part b, it does not really make them want to increase the rent above market value. They have no reason to know whether you'd flip and go elsewhere, in which case he'd incur the losses associated with re-renting (plus still wouldn't get above market value for it). If anything, he'd rather keep you there at a little bit below market value. On top of that, in this age of internet and ease of finding information, I would imagine a landlord who is screwing their tennants will find that many better tennants are not even coming his way anymore.

Vadim.

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anonymous July 3 2006, 21:50:30 UTC

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 July 3 2006, 21:51:31 UTC

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

anonymous July 3 2006, 22:05:49 UTC

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 July 3 2006, 22:12:33 UTC

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

P.S; Большое спасибо

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