No, they have to give you a 30 day notice on raising your rent and they also are only allowed to raise it 10% at one time. What I would do then is not resign with them.. When May comes around hold onto your rent (don't spend it) start looking for a place ASAP, when you don't pay the rent he will place a notice on your day to pay or vacate..depending on the amount of time he puts..stay. If you don't honor this (what he posted on your door) he then will have to go to the court house and file papers and then the court date most likely won't be for another month.... so that mean you should have two months worth or rent checks.. You can either be gone by that time or you can go file paper and let them know about the rent increase, but when you file the papers (only if you want to) that will buy you another months so.. you can file and that will buy you another month. I am not saying this to rip him off but I have been screwed over so I've gotten to learn what you can and can't do... good luck

It is the Law in most states.. I do not know your general location.. but this is normally how it works.

Month to Month minimum of 30 day written notice is to be given.

The landlord must give you at least 60 days advance notice if the rent increase is greater than 10 percent of the rent charged at any time during the 12 months before the rent increase takes effect.

Hope that helps for a future use. Sorry you had a hard time. I can not stand the Landlords lack of rule following. It is getting really bad for tenants.

When it came time to renew my lease at two places, if they were going to raise the rent, they gave at least 30 days notice and there was always an option... a year lease at $1300/mo or keep going month to month at $1450/mo for example. They must give you 30 days notice before any rent raises, it's the law. The notices should also be in writing. What are the remedies? If you were not given 30 days notice maybe you can still pay your normal rent this month but then you would have to pay the higher (+$150) rent next month. As it's the middle of the month, today April 15, and rent is usually due on the 1st, you would not have received the required 30 days notice.

So, it really depends on when you were given written notice of the rent increase. Did you get something in the mail or taped to your door or even slid under your door more than 30 days ago? If so, there's not much you can do.

No, he never gave me anything in writing or mentioned a rent increase until today.

I didn't even think about the fact that even if he gave me 30 days notice, I would still only get the apartment for another month. I guess I'll have to demand to keep my rent at the same price for the next month, but still have to move June 1. At least that's enough time to find a new place. Boo