Does Idaho have rent control?

No — Idaho has no statewide rent control or stabilization. No rent control exists anywhere in Idaho, and no Idaho city or county may create any. State law expressly preempts local regulation of rent, fees and deposits alike (Idaho Code § 55-306).

Does Idaho preempt local rent control ordinances?

Idaho law bars cities and counties from adopting any ordinance that would regulate rent, fees, or deposits for private residential rentals, or force owners into optional housing-assistance programs, leaving local governments free to manage only housing they themselves own.

Can a landlord raise the rent during a fixed-term lease in Idaho?

Rent is fixed for the lease term as a matter of contract. Separately, § 55-304(2) requires 30 days' written notice before any rent increase takes effect and 30 days' written notice of nonrenewal, in all residential leases.

How much notice is required to raise the rent in Idaho?

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Idaho landlords must give at least 30 days' written notice before any rent increase takes effect, in every residential lease including month-to-month tenancies (Idaho Code § 55-304(2)) — the same 30-day written notice applies to a decision not to renew the lease.

Cited to Idaho Code § 55-304 (1), (2) and 4 more Idaho statutes · Verified July 11, 2026

The older 15-day notice rule in § 55-304(1) still exists but now covers only other changes to month-to-month lease terms, not rent increases or nonrenewal; that carve-out dates to July 1, 2020. A month-to-month tenancy itself takes one month's written notice to terminate, from either side (§ 55-208). There is no rent control in Idaho, and since 2024 state law expressly preempts local regulation of rent, fees, and deposits alike, including local ordinances that would force landlords into voucher programs.

Idaho rent increase notice at a glance

Notice — month-to-month	30 days
Varies by increase size	Not addressed by statute
Fixed-term leases	Rent is fixed for the lease term as a matter of contract. Separately, § 55-304(2) requires 30 days' written notice before any rent increase takes effect and 30 days' written notice of nonrenewal, in all residential leases.
Statewide rent control / stabilization	No
Rent control details	No rent control exists anywhere in Idaho, and no Idaho city or county may create any. State law expressly preempts local regulation of rent, fees and deposits alike (Idaho Code § 55-306). Idaho Code § 55-306 bars local governments from enacting, maintaining, or enforcing any ordinance or resolution that would mandate owner participation in an optional federal housing assistance program or otherwise regulate rent, fees, or deposits charged for leasing private residential property, with a carve-out for property the local government itself owns.
Local rent regulation	Idaho law bars cities and counties from adopting any ordinance that would regulate rent, fees, or deposits for private residential rentals, or force owners into optional housing-assistance programs, leaving local governments free to manage only housing they themselves own.
Frequency limits	Not addressed by statute

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Notes and caveats

'15 days to raise rent' has been wrong since July 1, 2020 — Many sources still say it. It was true only before H.B. 594 (2020 ch. 254, § 1, p. 740) added the 30-day residential rent-increase/nonrenewal rule, originally as § 55-307(3).
Citations to § 55-307 are pre-2025 numbering — S.B. 1043 (2025 ch. 65, emergency clause, eff. 7/1/2025) redesignated § 55-307 as § 55-304 and moved the rent-control preemption to standalone § 55-306 — with no substantive change. Sources citing § 55-307 for these rules are using the old numbers.
30 days is the statute's own number, not a derivation — The 30-day month-to-month figure is an express statute, § 55-304(2).
Manufactured-home lots: 90 days, and other MHRA limits — MHRA § 55-2006 requires 90 days' written notice for lot-rent increases, requires uniform increases within rent tiers, and limits rental agreement/rule amendments to once per 6 months.
How the preemption grew — The local-preemption rule originated in 1990 (ch. 185, § 1, p. 414), then limited to 'controlling the amount of rent charged.' H.B. 545 (2024 ch. 257, § 1, p. 896) expanded it to also preempt local regulation of fees and deposits and local mandates to participate in optional federal housing assistance programs — aimed at Boise's source-of-income ordinance.
Fee changes take 30 days' notice too — A related rule, § 55-305(2)(b)(ii), requires 30 days' written notice to change fees under a written agreement.
No frequency limit for site-built rentals — Idaho's statutes place no limit on how often rent may be raised for site-built rentals.

Common questions: Idaho rent increase notice

Each answer is the verified value from the table above, restated as a direct answer. Free to quote with a link to this page.

How many days' notice must a landlord give before raising rent in Idaho?: 30 days.
Does Idaho have rent control?: No — Idaho has no statewide rent control or stabilization. No rent control exists anywhere in Idaho, and no Idaho city or county may create any. State law expressly preempts local regulation of rent, fees and deposits alike (Idaho Code § 55-306).
Does Idaho preempt local rent control ordinances?: Idaho law bars cities and counties from adopting any ordinance that would regulate rent, fees, or deposits for private residential rentals, or force owners into optional housing-assistance programs, leaving local governments free to manage only housing they themselves own.
Can a landlord raise the rent during a fixed-term lease in Idaho?: Rent is fixed for the lease term as a matter of contract. Separately, § 55-304(2) requires 30 days' written notice before any rent increase takes effect and 30 days' written notice of nonrenewal, in all residential leases.
How often can a landlord raise the rent in Idaho?: Not addressed by statute.

Statute citations

Idaho Code § 55-304 (1), (2) (verified 2026) Official source
Idaho Code § 55-306 (verified 2026) Official source
Idaho Code § 55-208 (verified 2026) Official source
S.B. 1043, 2025 Idaho Sess. Laws ch. 65 (recodification, eff. July 1, 2025) secs. 6, 7 (verified 2026) Official source
H.B. 594, 2020 Idaho Sess. Laws ch. 254 (added the 30-day residential notice) sec. 1 (verified 2026) Official source

How this record was verified: Direct read of statute text on legislature.idaho.gov (official HTML section pages), double-read against the official chapter PDFs (T6CH3.pdf, T55CH3.pdf, T55CH2.pdf) and the enrolled session laws S1043 (2025 ch. 65 recodification), H0594 (2020 ch. 254), H0545 (2024 ch. 257); Idaho Attorney General Landlord and Tenant Manual used as official agency confirmation of verified negatives (July 2025 edition at the original pass; on 2026-08-12 the citations were repointed to the July 2026 edition after confirming the relied-on guidance — deposits/rent refundability framing, entry-rights lease-drafting advice, late-fee coverage — is unchanged); FindLaw mirror used only to reconcile pre-2025 section numbering.