South Carolina Residential Rent Increase Notice

South Carolina Residential Rent Increase Notice

Use this form for a monthly rent change authorized by an existing rental agreement or already accepted in a signed renewal or amendment. A proposed change alone does not rewrite the agreed rent. South Carolina bars general county and municipal rent ordinances for privately owned residential rental property but preserves rent-regulating agreements with private persons (S.C. Code § 27-39-60). Check any applicable public-property agreement, subsidy program, or deed restriction.

South Carolina Timing and Authority Gate

Section 27-40-310(a) allows the parties to set rent in their rental agreement. Use this notice only after identifying one of these bases:

• ☐ The existing signed agreement authorizes this change by its terms; clause [________________], calculation [________________], and required advance notice [____] days have been checked.
• ☐ The tenant already accepted the new rent in a signed renewal or amendment dated [__/__/____]; this notice confirms that agreement.

Section 27-40-770(b) sets a 30-day written notice for terminating a month-to-month tenancy. It does not itself authorize a rent increase or set a statutory advance-notice period for one. If the tenant has not agreed and the existing agreement does not authorize the change, use a separate lawful renewal or termination process instead of this notice. Do not make a rent increase effective during a fixed term without authority in the agreement or a new agreement.

• Fair-housing review confirms the increase is not based on a protected characteristic: ☐ Yes
• Applicable public-property rent agreements, emergency orders, subsidy rules, 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 ☐ Other monthly tenancy: [________]
• Existing increase clause or signed renewal/amendment: [________________________________]
• 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: $[________] ([____]%)

The new amount is due on the regular rent-payment date and must be paid by the method stated in the rental agreement, unless the parties sign a different lawful agreement. All other terms remain unchanged except as expressly stated here:

[____________________________________________________________]

Agreed rent-change basis and applicable contractual notice period:

[____________________________________________________________]

This notice does not waive any tenant right or housing-provider duty under controlling federal or state law, subsidy rules, or an applicable rent agreement.

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 local 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/us/usc/119-136/t42/s3604/
• S.C. Code §§ 27-40-310 and 27-40-770 — South Carolina Legislature — https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t27c040.php
• S.C. Code § 27-39-60 — South Carolina Legislature — https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t27c039.php