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Estimate the earliest date a rent increase can start in ten US states, with the required notice and the statute behind it.
Estimated earliest effective date
December 11, 2026Georgia · Month-to-month tenancyAssumes the written notice was personally delivered on October 12, 2026, counting calendar days from the day after delivery.
At least 60 calendar days' notice
State notice rule for this tenancy. Basis: Georgia tenancy at will (O.C.G.A. 44-7-7), Attorney General and DCA guidance.
The Georgia Attorney General and the DCA landlord-tenant handbook say a tenancy at will, including a month-to-month tenancy after a lease expires, needs at least 60 days' notice before the rent changes, counted from when the tenant is notified.
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Enter the state, the proposed increase, the lease type and the date the written notice is personally delivered, plus any other tenancy facts that state’s rule needs.
Where a state has no rent-increase notice statute, a periodic tenancy’s rent changes by ending the tenancy and offering a new one, so the estimate uses the notice that ends the tenancy.
Counting starts the day after service, in calendar days. Texas counts one calendar month; a month without the matching day ends on its last day.
A landlord proposes a 5% increase for a Georgia month-to-month tenancy, a tenancy at will under Georgia law. A written notice is personally delivered on October 12, 2026. No longer contractual notice or housing-program rule applies.
Rules for a periodic tenancy:
During a fixed term, rent usually cannot change until the term ends unless the lease allows it. California, New York (for increases of 5% or more) and New Jersey still need their notice before the new rent starts; elsewhere the estimate is the day after the term ends.
Every date assumes valid personal delivery of a written notice, with no mailing, weekend or holiday extension, though mailing adds 5 days within California and Texas Government Code 311.014 can extend a period that ends on a weekend or legal holiday. After a New Jersey fixed term, rent is taken as due monthly from the day after the term ends.
City and county ordinances, such as those in Chicago, Cook County or Philadelphia, municipal rent control, rent caps, subsidized and rent-regulated housing, and lease clauses that allow a mid-term increase are not included. A notice can be long enough and still be invalid because of its content, delivery or amount.
Speak to a lawyer or the local housing authority if a city ordinance or rent control applies, the home is subsidized or rent regulated, the tenant disputes service, the tenancy dates or rent history are uncertain, or a fixed-term lease has a rent review clause.
It depends on the state and the tenancy. California needs 30 or 90 days, New York 30, 60 or 90 days for an increase of 5% or more, Georgia 60 days and Illinois 30 days for a monthly tenancy. Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio and North Carolina have no rent-increase notice statute, so the calculator estimates from the notice that ends a periodic tenancy.
No. Civil Code 827 requires 90 days when the new rent, together with any other increases in the 12 months before it starts, is more than 10% above the lowest rent in that time. Enter the earlier increases to see which period applies. A notice period does not override a rent cap.
Real Property Law 226-c uses the longer of the tenant’s time in the home and the lease length: under one year gives 30 days, one to two years 60 days and two years or more 90 days. It applies to an increase of 5% or more and to a decision not to renew.
Usually not, unless the lease allows it. Enter the date the term ends: the estimate is the day after it ends, or later where the state’s notice period has not yet run. Where a state has no notice rule for a fixed term, the result says to follow the lease.
In Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina and New Jersey the notice runs to the end of a rental period or to a rent due date. The due date shows where each period starts, so the estimate lands at the start of the right period.
No. It assumes valid personal delivery and counts calendar days from the next day, with no mailing, weekend or holiday extension. City and county ordinances, such as those in Chicago, Cook County or Philadelphia, can require more and are not included.
Check the remaining statewide rent allowance and notice timing in California, Oregon or Washington.
Estimate fee limits and grace periods, with the state rule behind each answer.
