'Rent increase mid-lease': Landlord tries to trick tenant, tenant disputes and wins

Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor

Apr 19, 2023 2:00 PM EDT

Proving your landlord wrong is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. As we all know, the rental market is ruthless right now, and this apartment manager tried to take advantage of their tenants as a result. What they didn't realize was that this one tenant was thorough and precise about what they signed in their initial agreement.

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/Apartmentliving subreddit by u/Mundane_Tension369, and let the original poster's email correspondence serve as evidence that you too can professionally stand up to your landlord if you have proof that you are in the right. In this case, the tenant hadn't signed any addendum allowing for such an increase in the middle of a lease. After threatening legal action, the apartment manager swiftly backpedaled. A rare win for the tenant in a world run by shady landlords!

Keep scrolling below to read the full email exchange. For more, check out this story about an Airbnb nightmare.