Re: retaliation? - Landlord Forum thread

Re: retaliation? by bayoupots (tx) on February 8, 2010 @10:14

To try to avoid the eviction cost and likely delay in removing tenants, I was going to offer them a mo.-to-mo. continued tenancy with rent increase from 600 to 640. Other upstairs tenants currently pay 625 for yr lease. I was going to send a written notice offering the month to month at this rate and they have to respond by returning notice by a certain date, so that it looks like I am being "fair" to them (since I have no hard evidence on this)-however- I have a few other tenants whose leases I am renewing without increases right now because I want to keep them. I know they all talk to one another.
Do I have to justify the offer I am making to them (month- to-month tenancy at higher rate) and that I am not enforcing it on other tenants?

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Re: retaliation? by OK-LL on February 8, 2010 @12:25

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Rent increases are based on occupancy and use of the unit, not across-the-board equality. I would be less likely to raise the rent on a good individual renting a 3-bedroom unit, but likely wouldn't hesitate to increase annually for a family in the same property. That's because the family is going to put more W&T on the unit and cost me more at turnover in the long run. So don't worry about equality, worry about reasonableness.