What Can Landlords Charge For Rent?

Unless there are rent control laws in place, a landlord can charge whatever they want for rent - ahhh, the beauty of the capitalist society. If you’re already in a place, your landlord can opt to increase the rent after the lease has expired and can increase it by as much as they want (again, as long as there are no rent control laws in place). Now, if they raise your rent, you move out, and then you somehow find out that the next tenant isn’t paying that higher rent then you may have a cause for complaint - the landlord may have wanted you, specifically, out and could face discrimination issues. However, since discrimination lawsuits are often expensive and a headache, if I were to find out that that scenario had happened to me… I’d probably let it go. Why would I want to pay someone to live in their place if they didn’t want me to live there in the first place?

Now, some states do have rules about increasing rent and rules governing when and how payment of rent can be made. As for how much? That’s wide open.