Glendale, CA Rental Property Rules: Rent Increase Notice (2026)

020 defines a 'non-relocation rent increase' as one of 7% or less measured against the rent in place at any point in the prior 12 months. 035 and, at the tenant's request, waive the standard statutory notice period the tenant would otherwise owe to end the tenancy. The tenant must make this election within 14 days of being served the rent increase notice. 033(B) lets a landlord 'bank' unused room below 7% from prior years and apply it to a later increase, capped at 21% in accumulated deferrals, and any single increase of more than 15% over the rent charged at any point in the trailing 12 months triggers the tenant's right to vacate and collect relocation assistance regardless of banking.

025, the landlord must simultaneously give written notice of the tenant's potential eligibility for relocation assistance. 035(J) prescribes the required notice language, which must tell the tenant that relocation assistance equals three times the post-increase monthly rent, doubled for a 'qualified tenant' such as a senior, low-income, or disabled household member, and that the tenant has 14 days to elect to vacate unless the notice is part of a lease renewal offer.