Does your rent increase every 6 months?

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1. once in like 3 years…every 6 month sounds illegal….

2. Never in 6 years!

3. My rent has stayed the same since 2003. I can’t help it if I’m lucky. (I also can’t afford to move).

   I’ve translated a lot of (non-UK) leases and most of them have annual escalator clauses, usually defined by reference to the RPI. I can’t see any good reason for landlords to work on shorter scales, in the absence of 1970s style inflation which we haven’t quite reached yet.

4. Once every 12 month mine gets reviewed.

   I signed a 4 year tenancy agreement a couple years back stipulating that rent couldn’t be increased by any more than the maximum of £20 a month, based on similar properties in the area. It can also go the other way, be reduced but I don’t think I’ll ever make use of that one.

   To be fair to them last year was the first time they’ve increased and it was only by something like £12 a month. They could’ve maxed the £20 based on what rent prices have done.

5. Assuming you are on a standard rolling tenancy, the landlord can use a process called “section 13” to enforce a rent increase once per year. This includes a tribunal to determine whether the increase is reasonable based on average rents in your area.

   The landlord can propose an increase at other times, but you are free to disagree (although if you do, there is the possibility that they would try to begin section 21 eviction proceedings).

   For more information you should read the advice from [Shelter](https://england.shelter.org.uk/housing_advice/private_renting/rent_increases).

6. At the beginning of each year when I sign the lease. Can’t change in the middle with a lease. No lease means you are screwed.

7. We had the same rent for about 9 years.
   Then it went up £50 per month

8. Scotland saying hello. Maximum one increase per year, max 3%, exceptions apply but that’s broadly it. That said I’m coming up to two years and not had an increase yet.

9. I send an automated email to my landlord towards the end of each quarter which contains the previous quarter’s inflation figures with a recommended rent rise for the quarter % (either at inflation, or 3.5%, whichever is higher). It’s a small way for me to show appreciation for the privilege of being provided shelter in a difficult time and helps to ensure that I’m paying a competitive market rate.

10. Twice in the last 3 years. Latest increase was by 12.5%!