Eden Prairie, MN Rental Property Rules: Rent Increase Notice (2026)

City Code Section 13.05, Subdivision 5 sets the transfer-notice rule for NOAH projects and affordable rental projects, the same two property types defined in Subdivision 3. Within 30 days of the City approving the new owner's rental license application under Section 5.72, the new owner must send written notice to every affordable rental unit tenant. Subdivision 5.A requires the notice to give the new owner's name, mailing address and phone number. Subdivision 5.B must explain that Section 13.05 creates a tenant protection period and that tenants may be owed relocation assistance if the owner ends their lease without cause, raises rent, or rescreens them out of eligibility during that period.

Subdivision 5.C is the rent-increase disclosure itself: the notice must state whether there will be any rent increase within the tenant protection period, the dollar amount of that increase, and the date it takes effect. Subdivisions 5.D and 5.E require disclosure of any rescreening plans and of any lease terminations or non-renewals without cause that are already planned, including the termination date. Subdivision 5.F requires disclosure of whether the owner intends to raise rent, rescreen tenants, or terminate without cause at any point after the protection period ends.

The notice must be provided in multiple languages under the City's Limited English Proficiency policy, posted at the building's main entrances for the whole protection period, and a copy must go to the City at the same time it goes to tenants. An owner may not actually raise rent, rescreen a tenant, or terminate without cause during the protection period without first giving this notice. Failing to give proper notice, or giving notice that omits the rent-increase disclosure, is a misdemeanor under Section 13.99 and can trigger rental license suspension or revocation under Section 5.72, Subdivision 7.