Ohio has no statute limiting rent amounts or requiring advance notice before a rent increase, and state law bars local rent control. During a fixed-term lease the rent is locked until the term ends. For a month-to-month tenancy, a landlord effectively imposes new rent by ending the old terms, which requires 30 days' notice.
Nothing in Ohio Revised Code Chapter 5321 caps rent or sets a rent-increase notice period, and Ohio has no statewide rent control. During a fixed-term lease the rent stated in the lease cannot be raised mid-term unless the lease allows it. For a month-to-month tenancy, a rent increase functions as a change of terms: under ORC 5321.17(B) either party may terminate or fail to renew a month-to-month tenancy "by notice given the other at least thirty days prior to the periodic rental date," so 30 days is the practical floor for imposing new rent. A landlord may not raise rent in retaliation; ORC 5321.02 bars a landlord from increasing rent because a tenant complained of a code violation or joined a tenants' union.
No specific statutory penalty for the amount or timing of an increase. A retaliatory rent increase under ORC 5321.02 lets the tenant recover possession, terminate the rental agreement, and recover actual damages plus attorney's fees.
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