If I sign a lease with my local public housing to be a set amount, can they raise it at any time without an increase in my income?
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If I sign a lease with my local public housing to be a set amount, can they raise it at any time without an increase in my income?
I got a letter stating that my flat rate rent for my apartment would be going from $163 to $678 starting the month after next, This is because of new HUD mandate for an increase in the flat rate rent. I just re-signed my lease 2 months ago and this just does seem right to have this forced upon us with no advance notice of it and no real grace period to prepare. I thought that a lease was legal document and that unless there was a change in my income my rent would stay the same?
Asked on November 18, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Tennessee
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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
In order to see if your lease with a local public housing can be increased from $163 to $678 monthly you need to carefully read your agreement with the landlord as well as all agreements with HUD in that the agreements will control the obligations owed to you by the landlord and HUD and vice versa absent conflicting state law.
If there is no document signed by you allowing the increase assuming you are not on a month-to-month lease, then you should not be subject to the increase. If there is language in a document that you signed allowing the increase, then the increase is allowable.
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