So I’ve been having a debate with my boyfriend who is a bitter renter. His lease ran out two months ago, and the landlord finally sent him a new lease. The lease states that his rent is going up by $150 a month, and they are backdating the lease to two months ago, when the previous lease expired. If they landlord did not send the lease until this month, does he need to pay the extra $150 a month for the past two months, when the lease was not sent to him? Personally, I think it’s absurd since the landlord was remiss in sending the lease on time. He does not want to argue over $300 and have a negative relationship with his landlord, so he feels he should pay the amount. Is this legal? Does he have any recourse? Plus raising the rent by $150 a month is a lot of money, do landlords have a limit to how much they can raise the rent if it’s not stablized or controlled?
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