How many days' notice must a landlord give before raising rent in Pennsylvania?

No rent-increase statute — notice derives from tenancy-termination rules (see summary).

Does Pennsylvania have rent control?

No — Pennsylvania has no statewide rent control or stabilization.

Does Pennsylvania preempt local rent control ordinances?

No Pennsylvania statute expressly addresses local rent control; whether a municipality could regulate rents turns on the general limits of municipal power under state law rather than any express rent-regulation ban.

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

Rent cannot be changed during a fixed term unless the lease provides for it. An increase takes effect at renewal, or through termination and re-offer on the 250.501 timeline.

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

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Pennsylvania has no statute requiring any specific notice before a rent increase on an ordinary residential tenancy; the practical floor for a month-to-month tenancy is the notice-to-quit rule — 15 days for tenancies of one year or less or of indeterminate duration, 30 days for tenancies over one year (68 P.S. 250.501(b)) — because a tenant who declines the new rent is on notice the tenancy can end on that same timeline.

Cited to 68 P.S. 250.501 (Act Sec. 501) (b), (e) · Verified October 1, 2026

Unusually, Pennsylvania leases may shorten or even waive the statutory notice entirely (250.501(e)), so the lease often controls. Manufactured home community leases are the exception: changes at renewal need 60 days' written notice, and ground rent may change no more than once in 12 months (Manufactured Home Community Rights Act, section 4.1). Pennsylvania has no statewide rent control and no statute expressly preempting local rent control. As of October 1, 2026, the codes of Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, Lancaster and Harrisburg contain no rent-control or rent-stabilization provision, and Philadelphia layers on procedural protections (good-cause and eviction-diversion rules) rather than rent caps.

Pennsylvania rent increase notice at a glance

Notice — month-to-month	No rent-increase statute — notice derives from tenancy-termination rules (see summary)
Varies by increase size	Not addressed by statute
Fixed-term leases	Rent cannot be changed during a fixed term unless the lease provides for it. An increase takes effect at renewal, or through termination and re-offer on the 250.501 timeline. Manufactured home communities are a separate regime: ground rent may change no more than once in 12 months, and changes at renewal need 60 days' written notice (Manufactured Home Community Rights Act, section 4.1).
Statewide rent control / stabilization	No
Rent control details	Not addressed by statute
Local rent regulation	No Pennsylvania statute expressly addresses local rent control; whether a municipality could regulate rents turns on the general limits of municipal power under state law rather than any express rent-regulation ban.
Frequency limits	Not addressed by statute

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Notes and caveats

The blank notice figure means no rent-increase statute, not zero notice — Pennsylvania has no statute setting notice before a rent increase on an ordinary residential tenancy (manufactured home community leases have their own 60-day rule). The requirement people rely on derives from the notice-to-quit statute instead, so the month-to-month field is left empty rather than filled with a number.
No statute either way on local rent control — Pennsylvania has no statute expressly addressing local rent control, which is why local control is marked as having no express statute rather than as preempted or not preempted. As of October 1, 2026, the codes of Pittsburgh, Allentown, Erie, Lancaster and Harrisburg contain no rent-control or rent-stabilization provision. That is a fact about today, not a legal prohibition.
Local ordinances are outside this page's scope — City-level rules — Philadelphia's, for example — are not covered here. Check local law on top of the state baseline.

Common questions: Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania?: No rent-increase statute — notice derives from tenancy-termination rules (see summary).
Does Pennsylvania have rent control?: No — Pennsylvania has no statewide rent control or stabilization.
Does Pennsylvania preempt local rent control ordinances?: No Pennsylvania statute expressly addresses local rent control; whether a municipality could regulate rents turns on the general limits of municipal power under state law rather than any express rent-regulation ban.
Can a landlord raise the rent during a fixed-term lease in Pennsylvania?: Rent cannot be changed during a fixed term unless the lease provides for it. An increase takes effect at renewal, or through termination and re-offer on the 250.501 timeline.
How often can a landlord raise the rent in Pennsylvania?: Not addressed by statute.

Citations

68 P.S. 250.501 (Act Sec. 501) · (b), (e) (verified 2026) Official source

How this record was verified: Direct read of the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 (P.L. 69, No. 20) text on the official PA General Assembly site (legis.state.pa.us HTM full text and section 512 page): Sections 511.1 (68 P.S. 250.511a), 511.2 (250.511b), 511.3 (250.511c), 512 (250.512), 501 (250.501). Absence of rent-increase, late-fee, and entry statutes verified against the full Act text and multiple concurring secondary sources. October 1, 2026: every section the security deposit, rent increase, late fee, entry and eviction answers rest on was read again on the General Assembly's website: the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 in full (last amended by Act 88 of 2024), the Manufactured Home Community Rights Act, 1 Pa.C.S. 1908, 18 Pa.C.S. 4105 and 42 Pa.C.S. 1123. All 111 general acts of 2025 and 2026 were checked, and none amends them. The rules for magisterial district judges (Pa.R.Civ.P.M.D.J. 203, 501 to 521 and 1001 to 1008) were read on the official Pennsylvania Code site, and the Attorney General's consumer guide on its own site. The absence of rent-increase, late-fee and entry statutes now rests on those official texts.