Rent control rules in Sumner County, TN — also known as rent stabilization or rent cap ordinances — limit annual rent increases and protect tenants from displacement.
Neither Sumner County nor Gallatin, Hendersonville, or Portland can cap rent. Tenn. Code Ann. §66-35-102 bars every Tennessee local government from enacting rent control. Landlords set and raise rent at market rates.
Tennessee forbids local rent control outright. Section 66-35-102 says a local governmental unit "shall not enact, maintain or enforce" any ordinance controlling the rent charged for private residential or commercial property, so Sumner County and its cities have no power to freeze rents, cap increases, or stabilize rates. A landlord may set the initial rent at market and raise it by any amount at renewal. For a month-to-month tenant, an increase takes effect only after the 30-day written notice required by §66-28-512. The written lease controls the rate during a fixed term.
No penalty exists because no rent cap applies. Any local rent-control ordinance would be void under §66-35-102. Raising rent mid-way through a fixed lease term, however, breaches the lease.
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