How often can landlords increase rent: Rent Increase Rules
The Rent Increase Rules carries 5 published figures read from 6 sources' own pages, from 30 to 90 day, read 12 October 2026.
Tenantvo sells its own paid plan in this category (our pricing). It is not counted here: every figure in this index is another provider's own published price, read from its own page.
6 of the 10 named sources read in full publish a figure; 4 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
By rule
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| ruleCalifornia, annual increase cap | 10% | 10 to 10% | 1 |
| ruleCalifornia, notice for an increase of 10% or less | 30day | 30 to 30day | 1 |
| ruleCalifornia, notice for an increase above 10% | 90day | 90 to 90day | 1 |
| ruleNew York, notice threshold for an unregulated tenancy | 5% | 5 to 5% | 1 |
| ruleNew York, notice period | 30day | 30 to 30day | 1 |
| ruleNew York, local rent standard maximum | 10% | 10 to 10% | 1 |
| ruleEngland, interval where the rent period is weekly | 53week | 53 to 53week | 1 |
| ruleEngland, minimum interval between increases | 52week | 52 to 52week | 1 |
| ruleOntario, notice of a rent increase | 90day | 90 to 90day | 1 |
| ruleOntario, minimum interval between increases | 12month | 12 to 12month | 1 |
| ruleNew South Wales, minimum interval between increases | 12month | 12 to 12month | 1 |
| ruleNew South Wales, notice of a rent increase | 60day | 60 to 60day | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| California Attorney General: landlord-tenant issues | 90day | California, notice for an increase above 10% | 2026-10-12 |
| Ontario residential rent increases (guideline) | 90day | Ontario, notice of a rent increase | 2026-10-12 |
| NSW notice of rent increase (form) | 60day | New South Wales, notice of a rent increase | 2026-10-12 |
| Housing Act 1988 section 13 (increases of rent under assured periodic tenancies) | 53week | England, interval where the rent period is weekly | 2026-10-12 |
| Housing Act 1988 section 13 (increases of rent under assured periodic tenancies) | 52week | England, minimum interval between increases | 2026-10-12 |
| California Attorney General: landlord-tenant issues | 30day | California, notice for an increase of 10% or less | 2026-10-12 |
| New York City Rent Guidelines Board: rent increase FAQs | 30day | New York, notice period | 2026-10-12 |
| Ontario residential rent increases (guideline) | 12month | Ontario, minimum interval between increases | 2026-10-12 |
| NSW what landlords should know about rent increases | 12month | New South Wales, minimum interval between increases | 2026-10-12 |
| California Attorney General: landlord-tenant issues | 10% | California, annual increase cap | 2026-10-12 |
| New York City Rent Guidelines Board: rent increase FAQs | 10% | New York, local rent standard maximum | 2026-10-12 |
| New York City Rent Guidelines Board: rent increase FAQs | 5% | New York, notice threshold for an unregulated tenancy | 2026-10-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (12)
- California Attorney General: landlord-tenant issues, read 2026-10-12:
If the rent increase is more than 10%, the landlord must provide notice 90 days before it can take effect.
- Ontario residential rent increases (guideline), read 2026-10-12:
The landlord must give a tenant written notice of a rent increase in the proper form at least 90 days before it takes effect.
- NSW notice of rent increase (form), read 2026-10-12:
Landlords must give tenants at least 60 days written notice of a rent increase, and rent can only be increased in specific circumstances.
- Housing Act 1988 section 13 (increases of rent under assured periodic tenancies), read 2026-10-12:
in a case to which subsection (3B) below applies, the date that falls 53 weeks after the date on which the increased rent took effect;
- Housing Act 1988 section 13 (increases of rent under assured periodic tenancies), read 2026-10-12:
in any other case, the date that falls 52 weeks after the date on which the increased rent took effect.
- California Attorney General: landlord-tenant issues, read 2026-10-12:
If the rent increase is 10% or less, landlords must provide notice 30 days before the increase can take effect.
- New York City Rent Guidelines Board: rent increase FAQs, read 2026-10-12:
If your landlord does not provide you with the required written notice, you have the right to remain in the apartment at your current rent until you are given the written notice and the time period that applies to you of 90, 60, or 30 days, expires.
- Ontario residential rent increases (guideline), read 2026-10-12:
If your landlord has not provided the proper notice, or you believe that your rent has been raised by an improper amount, you can dispute it at the Landlord and Tenant Board within 12 months after the amount was first charged.
- NSW what landlords should know about rent increases, read 2026-10-12:
The increase method cannot be unclear, for example ‘in line with the market’ or ‘by the rate of inflation’. Any increase not written into the agreement in this way is not valid and the 12 month rent increase limits will apply.
- California Attorney General: landlord-tenant issues, read 2026-10-12:
Landlords cannot raise rent more than 10% total or 5% plus the percentage change in the cost of living – whichever is lower – over a 12-month period.
- New York City Rent Guidelines Board: rent increase FAQs, read 2026-10-12:
The local rent standard is set every year at the rate of inflation plus 5%, with a maximum of 10% total.
- New York City Rent Guidelines Board: rent increase FAQs, read 2026-10-12:
For tenants living in unregulated apartments, the Housing Stability & Tenant Protection Act (HSTPA) of 2019 requires landlords to provide tenants with written notice if they intend to raise the rent by at least 5% or if the landlord decides not to renew your lease.
Read in full, publishes no figure
4 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- Housing Act 1988 section 14 (determination of rent by tribunal), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- GOV.UK private renting: rent increases, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- NSW when and how rent can be increased, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- British Columbia rent increases, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
6 of the 10 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 4 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in day (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 5 figures, never sentences; 26 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): one row per jurisdiction per year: the maximum frequency, the notice period, whether a prescribed form is required, and the cap where one exists (Ontario's guideline, BC's percentage, California's 5% + CPI ceiling of 10%, New York's regulated orders), with the effective date.
The derived figures: the spread of lawful annual increases across jurisdictions in the same year, how many jurisdictions cap the amount at all versus only the frequency, and the year-on-year series of each cap - a series nobody keeps in one place because each authority publishes only its own.
26 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (10)
- Housing Act 1988 section 13 (increases of rent under assured periodic tenancies)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Housing Act 1988 section 14 (determination of rent by tribunal)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- GOV.UK private renting: rent increases(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- NSW when and how rent can be increased(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- NSW what landlords should know about rent increases(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- NSW notice of rent increase (form)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Ontario residential rent increases (guideline)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- California Attorney General: landlord-tenant issues(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- New York City Rent Guidelines Board: rent increase FAQs(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- British Columbia rent increases(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The Rent Increase Rules carries 5 published figures read from 6 sources' own pages, from 30 to 90 day, read 12 October 2026.
6 of the 10 named sources read in full publish a figure; 4 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
Rent Increase Rules, rule California, annual increase cap: median 10 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Rent Increase Rules, rule California, notice for an increase of 10% or less: median 30 day across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Rent Increase Rules, rule California, notice for an increase above 10%: median 90 day across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Rent Increase Rules, rule New York, notice threshold for an unregulated tenancy: median 5 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Rent Increase Rules, rule New York, notice period: median 30 day across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Rent Increase Rules, rule New York, local rent standard maximum: median 10 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Rent Increase Rules, rule England, interval where the rent period is weekly: median 53 week across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Rent Increase Rules, rule England, minimum interval between increases: median 52 week across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Rent Increase Rules, rule Ontario, notice of a rent increase: median 90 day across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Rent Increase Rules, rule Ontario, minimum interval between increases: median 12 month across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Rent Increase Rules, rule New South Wales, minimum interval between increases: median 12 month across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Rent Increase Rules, rule New South Wales, notice of a rent increase: median 60 day across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
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