In a periodic tenancy (sometimes called a “month-to-month” lease), you can only increase the rent if:

• it has been at least 12 months since the tenancy started or since the last rent increase; and
• you have given the tenant at least 8 weeks’ notice of the proposed rent increase.

Tenancy laws allow you to increase rent by an amount which is no more than 10 per cent above the growth in the Consumer Price Index for rents in Canberra since notification was given of the last increase in rent (or since the tenancy began). This is called the ‘prescribed amount.’

You can only increase rent above the prescribed amount if:

• you tell your tenant in writing that the proposed increase is above the prescribed amount and your tenant agrees to the increase in writing; or
• you obtain permission from the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT) for the increase.

If you attempt to increase the rent without doing these things, the rent increase will not be valid and cannot be legally enforced.

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Based on the information you’ve given, you can’t increase the rent on this tenancy agreement yet.

The rent can only be increased if it has been at least 12 months since either:

• the tenancy started, or
• the last rent increase took effect.

For a consecutive tenancy agreement, at least 12 months must have passed since either:

• the first tenancy started, or
• the rent was last increased (this includes a rent increase under the previous tenancy agreement).

In the ACT, a landlord cannot evict a tenant unless they can genuinely rely on one of the grounds to end a tenancy set out in legislation. For more information on the grounds on which a tenancy can be ended, refer to the factsheet on tenancy termination grounds for landlors. A tenant cannot be evicted simply because a fixed term agreement is ending.

A tenant cannot be evicted for refusing a rent increase above the prescribed amount.

In a periodic tenancy (sometimes called a “month-to-month” lease), your landlord can only increase the rent if:

• it has been at least 12 months since the tenancy started or since the last rent increase; and
• you have been given at least 8 weeks’ notice of the proposed rent increase.

Tenancy laws allow landlords to increase rent by an amount which is no more than 10 per cent above the growth in the Consumer Price Index for rents in Canberra since notification was given of the last increase in rent (or since the tenancy began). This is called the ‘prescribed amount.’

Your landlord can only increase rent above the prescribed amount if:

• your landlord tells you in writing that the proposed increase is above the prescribed amount and you agree to the increase in writing; or
• your landlord obtains permission from the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal (ACAT) for the increase.

If your landlord attempts to increase the rent without doing these things, the rent increase will not be valid and cannot be legally enforced. If this happens, you may wish to seek legal advice but you should not stop paying your rent.

Based on the information you’ve given, you can’t increase the rent on this tenancy agreement yet.

The rent can only be increased if it has been at least 12 months since either:

• the tenancy started, or
• the last rent increase took effect.

For a consecutive tenancy agreement, at least 12 months must have passed since either:

• the first tenancy started, or
• the rent was last increased (this includes a rent increase under the previous tenancy agreement).

In the ACT, your landlord cannot evict you unless they genuinely rely on one of the grounds to end a tenancy set out in legislation. For more information on the grounds on which a tenancy can be ended refer to the factsheet on tenancy termination provisions.

If you are in a fixed term lease, your landlord cannot evict you because your lease is ending.

Your landlord cannot evict you for refusing a rent increase above the prescribed amount.

The proposed rent of !!Proposed_Rent!! per week is within the allowable limits.

The maximum amount the landlord can increase the rent to is !!Maximum_Allowed_Rent!!.

The proposed rent of !!Proposed_Rent!! per week is higher than the allowable limit.

The maximum amount you can increase the rent to is !!Maximum_Allowed_Rent!! per week.

You may be able to:

• Ask the tenant to agree to this increase, even though it is higher than the allowable amount; or
• apply to and get an order from ACAT to increase the rent by more than the allowable amount.

If you ask the tenant to agree to a rent increase, you must tell them that it is above the allowable limit.

Find out how to apply for approval to increase rent more than the allowed amount on the ACAT website.

You must give the tenant at least 8 weeks’ written notice of a rent increase.

Based on the information you've given, you can't apply a rent increase until !!Earliest_Date_Of_Increase!!.

You must give the tenant at least 8 weeks’ written notice of a rent increase.

Based on the information you've given, you can apply a rent increase from !!Earliest_Date_Of_Increase!!.

At least one CPI release will occur between today and the date you are proposing to increase the rent -  !!Proposed_Rent_Increase_Date!!. If you want, you can wait for more up-to-date data before providing notice of the proposed increase to your tenant. When deciding what to do, you should think about market conditions - the rental CPI (which determines the permitted rent increase), may increase or decrease.

At least one CPI release will occur between today and the date you’re proposing to increase the rent.

The CPI release may change the amount you can increase the rent by.

Read more about how the allowable rental increase is calculated.

At least one CPI release will occur between today and the date you’re proposing to increase the rent.

The CPI release may change the amount you can increase the rent by.

Read more about how the allowable rental increase is calculated.

The next rental CPI figure for the ACT will be released on !!Next_CPI_Release_Date!!. If you wait until !!Next_CPI_Release_Date!! and send a rent increase notice to your tenant on the day the figure is released, you could apply an increase based on forthcoming CPI data. This would mean the rent increase could not take effect until !!Earliest_Rent_Increase_Date_Based_On_Next_CPI!! at the earliest.

The proposed rent of !!Proposed_Rent!! per week is within the allowable limits.

The maximum amount your landlord can increase the rent to is !!Maximum_Allowed_Rent!!.

The proposed rent of !!Proposed_Rent!! per week is higher than the allowable limit.

You can:

• agree to, and pay the proposed amount
• ask your landlord to send a new notice with an increase within the allowable limit of !!Maximum_Allowed_Rent!! per week.

Your landlord may choose to apply to ACAT for an order that allows them to increase the rent above the allowable limit.

Find out more about approval to increase rent more than the allowed amount on the ACAT website.

Your landlord must give you at least 8 weeks’ written notice of a rent increase.

Based on the information you’ve given, your landlord can’t apply a rent increase until !!Earliest_Date_Of_Increase!!.

Your landlord must give you at least 8 weeks’ written notice of a rent increase.

Based on the information you’ve given, your landlord has given you sufficient notice of the proposed rent increase.