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I rent an apartment on a monthly basis. About four months ago, my landlord gave me a letter saying the rent was going to go up by $200 a month. I meant to call him to say I could not afford this, but I forgot. I did not increase my payments, which are made by debit from my bank account,

by Guest775 | 11 years ago

I rent an apartment on a monthly basis. About four months ago, my landlord gave me a letter saying the rent was going to go up by $200 a month. I meant to call him to say I could not afford this, but I forgot. I did not increase my payments, which are made by debit from my bank account, so I did not pay the increase this month. Now I have another letter from my landlord that is headed "Notice of Termination for Substantial Breach”. It says if I don't pay the increase in rent in 14 days, I have to move out. Can the landlord do that?

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Yes. If you did not reply to the notice about the increase in rent and say that you would be leaving, the law implies that you accepted the increase as a new term in your tenancy agreement. By staying in the premises and saying nothing, your conduct implied that the increase in rent was agreeable to you.

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