Updated July 2026
Renter laws that changed - and what they mean for you.
The recent state-law changes that actually affect your rent, deposit, and notice rights, verified against the statutes.
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Washington
Statewide rent-increase cap and 90-day notice
House Bill 1217 capped annual rent increases (about 10%, adjusted with inflation) for most tenancies and extended the required written notice for increases to 90 days. Washington renters now have some of the strongest increase protections outside of city rent-control systems.
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Month-to-month termination notice extended
House Bill 1417 rewrote parts of Florida's landlord-tenant framework, including longer written notice to end month-to-month tenancies, and moved regulation of rental housing to the state level (preempting stricter local ordinances).
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60-day notice for rent increases
HB21-1121 doubled the notice landlords must give before raising rent on month-to-month tenancies to 60 days, and barred more than one increase in a 12-month period for those tenancies.
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HSTPA: notice that scales with how long you've lived there
The Housing Stability and Tenant Protection Act made sweeping changes. One renters still miss: for rent increases of 5% or more (or non-renewal), required notice scales with tenancy length - 30 days under one year, 60 days for one to two years, 90 days beyond that. It also capped security deposits at one month and limited late fees to the lesser of $50 or 5%.
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45-day notice for month-to-month rent increases
Hawaii requires landlords to give 45 days' written notice before a rent increase on a month-to-month tenancy (HRS §521-21) - longer than the 30 days most states use.
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60-day rent-increase notice states
Delaware and Vermont both require 60 days' notice before rent increases - double the common 30-day standard. If you rent month-to-month in either state, a 30-day heads-up isn't enough.
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