Pennsylvania Rent Increase Notice

A free Pennsylvania rent increase notice that follows Pennsylvania law. Fill in the boxes, check the rules below, then print or copy it. Keep a copy and proof of how you sent it.

What Pennsylvania law says

Notice before a rent increase	No statute — Pennsylvania sets no notice period or cap for rent increases. A landlord raises rent at the end of the term or by ending a month-to-month tenancy; the notice to quit at term end is 15 days for leases of 1 year or less or of indefinite length, and 30 days for leases over 1 year, unless the lease says otherwise. Source: 68 P.S. § 250.501(b), (e); Act checked
Rent control / increase limits	No statewide rent control or rent-increase cap, and no statute that expressly bans local rent control. No statute authorizes it either, and home-rule municipalities may not set duties or requirements for businesses unless a statewide statute expressly allows it, so a local rent cap would face a serious legal challenge. Source: 53 Pa.C.S. § 2962(c)(2), (e), (f) (Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law)

Notice before a rent increase

No statute — Pennsylvania sets no notice period or cap for rent increases. A landlord raises rent at the end of the term or by ending a month-to-month tenancy; the notice to quit at term end is 15 days for leases of 1 year or less or of indefinite length, and 30 days for leases over 1 year, unless the lease says otherwise.

Source: 68 P.S. § 250.501(b), (e); Act checked

Rent control / increase limits

No statewide rent control or rent-increase cap, and no statute that expressly bans local rent control. No statute authorizes it either, and home-rule municipalities may not set duties or requirements for businesses unless a statewide statute expressly allows it, so a local rent cap would face a serious legal challenge.

Source: 53 Pa.C.S. § 2962(c)(2), (e), (f) (Home Rule Charter and Optional Plans Law)

Fill in your letter

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To: [tenant name(s)]

Premises: [rental address]

Your rent will change from $[current rent] to $[new rent] per [month], starting [effective date].

This notice is given under 68 P.S. § 250.501(b), (e); Act checked. If a fixed-term lease is in effect, the new rent starts only when the lease allows a change.

All other terms of your tenancy stay the same.

Questions: [landlord name, phone, email].

Date: [today's date]
Landlord or agent: [your name]
Signature: ____________________

How to send it: use a method you can prove — certified mail with return receipt, or email/text if your lease allows notices that way. Write down the date.

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