A rent increase may be requested at any time after the initial term of the lease and in accordance with any rent increase provisions specified in the lease. If the request is approved, the owner may not request another rent increase during the twelve month period from the effective date of the last approved rent increase.  Owners whose rent increase requests are denied can resubmit a rent increase request at any time in the future. 

Owners may submit a rent increase request by fax, mail, or online via the Rent Café owner’s portal. If you are submitting a rent increase request by fax or mail, please use the LACDA Rent Increase Request form located here  Rent Increase Request Form. 

If the Section 8 rental unit is in a complex of five (5) or more units, you must submit information on your last three (3) most recently leased unassisted rental units of like or similar characteristics to the subject rental unit. The LACDA defines “most recently leased” as leases entered into within the last twelve (12) months.

Your rent increase request must be in accordance with the terms of your lease and the HUD tenancy addendum.  The LACDA will deny rent increase requests made during the first 12 months of the lease, or from owners whose contracts are in abatement for owner violations.

When the LACDA receives a rent increase request, the proposed rent amount is subject to a rent reasonableness test.

Timeline to Process an Increase Request

The LACDA will process the rent increase requests within 30 days of receipt.  You may check the status of your rent increase request by contacting your tenant's case manager.

Please remember that rent increase requests will be paid retroactive to the approved date.  Meanwhile, please do not charge the tenant for the increase.

Denials and Appeals

The LACDA's decision is final.  The LACDA uses an independent contractor service to determine rent reasonableness for new units and for rent increase requests. The independent contractor utilizes continually refreshed market data and a reliable, commonly-accepted statistical methodology.