Kentucky Residential Rent Increase Notice

Kentucky Residential Rent Increase Notice

Use this form after checking the tenancy, lease, current Kentucky law, and any housing-program or property-specific restriction. KRS § 65.875 reserves private-property rent control to the General Assembly while preserving local housing-authority interests and federal grant programs.

Kentucky Coverage, Timing, and Authority Gate

First confirm that the city, county, or urban-county government has adopted Kentucky's Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act in its entirety under KRS § 383.500. Where adopted, KRS § 383.695 sets seven-day and thirty-day notice periods for termination of week-to-week and month-to-month tenancies, respectively; it does not by itself authorize a rent increase. Use the lead time required by the controlling lease, accepted renewal, or other applicable authority. If ending an existing tenancy, prepare a separate termination notice under the applicable rule. Do not use this module outside an adopting locality without separate current-law review.

• URLTA adoption by the property's local government confirmed: ☐ Yes
• Basis for the increase: ☐ Existing lease term authorizes it ☐ Signed amendment ☐ Renewal accepted by tenant
• Supporting lease term, amendment, or renewal attached or retained: ☐ Yes

• Required notice period under the controlling agreement or program: [____] days

• Fair-housing review confirms the increase is not based on a protected characteristic: ☐ Yes

• Any housing-program limits, emergency orders, and deed restrictions checked: ☐ Yes
• Longer notice required by another law, agreement, or program: ☐ No ☐ Yes — [____] days

1. Property, Parties, and Tenancy

• Date of notice: [__/__/____]
• Housing provider/agent: [________________________________]
• Tenant(s): [________________________________]
• Property address/unit: [________________________________]
• Tenancy: ☐ Fixed term ending [__/__/____] ☐ Month-to-month ☐ Week-to-week ☐ Other: [________]
• Lease section authorizing change/renewal: [________________________________]
• Rent is normally due on day [____] of each month.

2. Increase Calculation and Effective Date

Calculation: (proposed amount − current amount) ÷ current amount × 100 = [____]%.

3. Notice to Tenant

Date: [__/__/____]

To: [TENANT NAME(S)]
At: [PROPERTY ADDRESS AND UNIT]

This is written notice that, beginning [EFFECTIVE DATE], the monthly rent and any disclosed recurring housing charges for the premises will change:

• Current monthly amount: $[________]
• New monthly amount: $[________]
• Change: $[________] ([____]%)

Subject to the lease term, signed amendment, or accepted renewal identified above, the new amount is due on the regular rent-payment date and is payable by the method stated in that agreement. This notice alone does not supply the tenant's agreement to a change that requires consent. All other terms remain unchanged except as expressly stated here:

[____________________________________________________________]

Legal/lease basis and applicable notice period:

[____________________________________________________________]

This notice does not waive any tenant right or housing-provider duty under controlling federal, state, local, subsidy, or rent-control law.

Housing provider/authorized agent: [________________________________]

Signature: [________________________________] Date: [__/__/____]

Contact/address for lawful communications: [________________________________]

4. Service and Proof

Permitted service method verified under current controlling law: ☐ Yes

• Method: ☐ Personal delivery ☐ Mail ☐ Posting plus mailing ☐ Other lawful method: [________]
• Person/address served: [________________________________]
• Date/time served or mailed: [__/__/____] [____]
• Mailing extension or actual-receipt rule included in effective-date calculation: ☐ Yes ☐ Not applicable
• Tracking/certificate/witness: [________________________________]

I declare that the information above accurately records service of this notice.

Server name/signature/date: [________________________________]

5. File Record

• Signed lease and amendments retained: ☐ Yes
• Coverage/exemption and cap calculation retained: ☐ Yes
• Current state and applicable program sources saved or cited: ☐ Yes
• Copy of notice and service proof retained: ☐ Yes
• Effective date independently rechecked after service: ☐ Yes

Sources and References

• 42 U.S.C. § 3604 — https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=(title:42%20section:3604%20edition:prelim)
• KRS § 383.500 — Kentucky Legislature — https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=35717
• KRS § 383.695 — Kentucky Legislature — https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=35756
• KRS § 65.875 — Kentucky Legislature — https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=23533