Use it to raise a renter's rent. Tell it the rents and the date the new rent starts, and it checks them against your state's rule before it shows the notice.
Legal basis: Pennsylvania landlord-tenant law
Read this before you serve it
Start with the rents. The check beside the form says how soon the new rent can start, and the notice appears once it has nothing to report.
The print button appears with the notice.
Enter the current and the new rent. The check then shows how much notice Pennsylvania law needs for that increase, and the earliest date the new rent can start.
Your notice appears here once both rents are entered and the check has nothing to report.
A free Honestkey account writes the same Pennsylvania rent increase notice, linked to the lease, and keeps a record of how it was served.
See also: free Pennsylvania lease agreement · every state compared · Pennsylvania landlord-tenant law · rent increase calculator.
Pennsylvania law sets no notice period for a rent increase. Allow 15 days. A new rent usually takes effect the way a month-to-month tenancy is changed — with 15 days' notice (68 Pa. Stat. § 250.501(b)). That is advice, not a legal requirement.
No statewide cap on how much rent can go up in Pennsylvania. Local rent control: No state ban on local rent control found in the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951.
Yes. Fill it in on this page and print it, or save it as a PDF from the print window. To serve it from Honestkey and keep a record of how it was served, create a free account.
No. It is a template checked against Pennsylvania's statutes, and Honestkey is not a law firm. Have an attorney licensed in Pennsylvania review your notice before you serve it, and check the city or county where the home is for rent rules of its own.