Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5321 governs landlord-tenant relations uniformly without authorizing rent control, and no Ohio municipality has implemented rent control under existing home-rule authority.
Ohio does not have an explicit rent control preemption statute like Texas or Florida, but ORC Chapter 5321 establishes uniform statewide landlord-tenant law. Ohio courts have interpreted this framework as providing comprehensive regulation that limits municipal rent regulation. No Ohio city currently imposes rent control or rent stabilization. Landlords may raise rent at lease renewal with proper notice (30 days for month-to-month under ORC 5321.17). Local just-cause eviction or rent stabilization measures have not been adopted statewide.
Ohio law imposes no rent increase caps; tenants may seek damages only for retaliation under ORC 5321.02.
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