Maine law requires landlords to provide tenants with advance written notice of rent increases. This requirement applies to any type of rental housing, including rented mobile homes, and it cannot be waived.
Updates to this law now require that for a rent increase of 10% or more, a landlord must provide a tenant at least 75 days’ written notice. This includes scenarios in which a landlord has increased rent more than once in a 12-month period. For example, if a landlord increases rent by 5%, and then by another 5% within the same year, the landlord must give at least 75 days’ notice of the second increase. For rent increases of less than 10%, 45 days’ written notice is required to be provided to a tenant. If a landlord is in violation, a tenant may be entitled to recover rent, interest, and reasonable attorney’s fees and costs from the landlord.
A new Maine law requires 90 days' notice for all rent and fee increases for mobile home parks.
For more information, see our guides for tenant rights and mobile home parks.
Please contact the Office of the Attorney General to file a complaint if you believe your rent has been unlawfully raised.