Wisconsin Residential Rent Increase Notice

Wisconsin Residential Rent Increase Notice

Use this form only after completing every legal, lease, coverage, cap, and local-law check below. Municipal rent-control amounts stay out of this state form and must be entered from current local authority.

Wisconsin Timing, Authority, and Service Gate

Do not make a rent increase effective during a fixed term unless the lease and current law authorize it. Section 704.19 is a termination statute, not standalone rent-increase authority. This form conservatively uses at least 28 days' written notice ending at the end of a rental period; if rent is payable more frequently than monthly, notice equal to the rent-paying period is sufficient. Apply § 704.21's authorized delivery methods and § 704.19's mailing-date rules.

• Lease authority or renewal basis for the increase identified: ☐ Yes
• At least 28 days, or the shorter-than-monthly rent-paying period, provided: ☐ Yes

• Effective date ends a rental period and service complies with § 704.21: ☐ Yes

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

• Local rent control/stabilization, 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 ☐ 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: $[________] ([____]%)

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:

[____________________________________________________________]

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 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/view.xhtml?req=(title:42%20section:3604%20edition:prelim)
• Wis. Stat. § 704.19 — Wisconsin Legislature — https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/704/19
• Wis. Stat. § 704.21 — Wisconsin Legislature — https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/704/21