Tennessee has no statute setting a rent-increase notice period, a rent-control limit, or a cap on how much a landlord may raise rent. The amount and timing of increases are governed entirely by the written lease and ordinary contract principles.
No statutory requirement exists in Tennessee for advance notice of a rent increase, and there is no rent control. The Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (Tenn. Code Title 66, Ch. 28), which applies only in counties having a population of more than 75,000 per the 2010 census, does not address increase amounts or notice. During a fixed-term lease the rent cannot change unless the lease allows it. For a month-to-month tenancy, a landlord effectively raises rent by terminating the old term with the 30-day notice required by Tenn. Code 66-28-512 and offering new terms. Outside URLTA counties, common-law notice rules apply.
No specific statutory penalty. A tenant's recourse is to reject the new rent and move out before it takes effect, since no Tennessee law caps increases or sets a notice window.
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