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

60 days. Notice does not vary with the size of the increase. Rhode Island's tier is age-based instead: a month-to-month tenant over the age of 62 must be given at least 120 days' written notice before the rent goes up (§ 34-18-16.1(b)).

Does Rhode Island have rent control?

No — Rhode Island has no statewide rent control or stabilization. Rhode Island has no statewide rent control and no percentage cap, and as of the verification date shown on this page no rent control ordinance is in force anywhere in the state.

Does Rhode Island preempt local rent control ordinances?

No Rhode Island statute expressly addresses local rent control, either to authorize it or to prohibit it; the state's landlord-tenant law regulates only the notice a landlord must give before raising rent.

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

Rent cannot change during a fixed term unless the lease itself so provides, which is ordinary contract law. An increase at renewal still needs 60 days' written notice.

How much notice is required to raise the rent in Rhode Island?

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Rhode Island landlords must give at least 60 days' written notice before any rent increase takes effect, and at least 120 days' written notice before raising the rent on a month-to-month tenant over age 62.

Cited to R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-16.1 (a)-(c) and 2 more Rhode Island statutes · Verified July 11, 2026

Both periods were doubled from 30 and 60 days by a 2024 law effective June 24, 2024, making Rhode Island one of the few states with an age-tiered rent-increase notice statute. The 60-day rule is an express requirement covering residential tenancies generally — not just month-to-month — though independent living, assisted living, and congregate care facilities are excluded, and the notice never needs to exceed what another law or housing program already requires. Rhode Island has no statewide rent control and no limit on the size or frequency of increases with proper notice; statewide 4% rent-cap bills died in both the 2025 and 2026 sessions, and Providence's 2026 rent-stabilization ordinance was vetoed by the mayor with the veto surviving an override attempt, so no rent control is in force anywhere in the state.

Rhode Island rent increase notice at a glance

Notice — month-to-month	60 days
Varies by increase size	Notice does not vary with the size of the increase. Rhode Island's tier is age-based instead: a month-to-month tenant over the age of 62 must be given at least 120 days' written notice before the rent goes up (§ 34-18-16.1(b)). The statute's phrase is 'over the age of sixty-two (62) years,' and it is written as one hundred twenty (120) days. The 120-day tier applies only to month-to-month tenancies; the 60-day floor covers all other residential tenancies regardless of the increase amount.
Fixed-term leases	Rent cannot change during a fixed term unless the lease itself so provides, which is ordinary contract law. An increase at renewal still needs 60 days' written notice. § 34-18-16.1(a) covers 'a residential tenancy' generally, not just month-to-month, so the 60-day written notice governs any rent increase, including at renewal of a fixed-term lease. Excluded from the section entirely: independent living facilities, assisted living facilities, and congregate care facilities. Subsection (c) is a savings clause: the section never requires notice on a longer timeframe than another state or federal law, regulation, or housing-program requirement sets.
Statewide rent control / stabilization	No
Rent control details	Rhode Island has no statewide rent control and no percentage cap, and as of the verification date shown on this page no rent control ordinance is in force anywhere in the state. Statewide 4%-cap bills (S0580/H5264) and a 10%+CPI cap bill (H5676) died in the 2025 session, and the 4% cap refile (S2271) died when the 2026 session adjourned sine die on June 11, 2026. Providence's rent-stabilization ordinance (4% annual cap tied to the unit, one standard increase per 12 months) passed the city council 9-6 on April 16, 2026, was vetoed by Mayor Smiley on April 17, 2026, and the council's override attempt failed in May 2026.
Local rent regulation	No Rhode Island statute expressly addresses local rent control, either to authorize it or to prohibit it; the state's landlord-tenant law regulates only the notice a landlord must give before raising rent.
Frequency limits	Not addressed by statute

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Notes and caveats

60 days is an express statute, not a derived figure — § 34-18-16.1 sets the rent-increase notice directly; it is not inferred from termination-notice law. The month-to-month termination notice (§ 34-18-37(b)) is only 30 days — half the rent-increase period — so anyone deriving the figure from termination rules understates what Rhode Island requires.
Stale-source trap: 30 and 60 days are pre-June-2024 figures — Until P.L. 2024, ch. 243/244 (H 7304A / S 2252A) the figures were 30 days for everyone and 60 days for month-to-month tenants over 62. That act doubled both, effective upon passage on June 24, 2024, but pre-mid-2024 charts and many current aggregators still show 30/60.
The age tier is 'over 62' and month-to-month only — The statute reads 'month-to-month tenants over the age of sixty-two (62) years' — the trigger is being over 62, and it reaches only month-to-month tenancies. A 70-year-old on a fixed-term lease gets the 60-day floor.
Whether cities may impose rent control is genuinely unsettled — No Rhode Island statute expressly preempts municipal rent control, and none expressly authorizes it, which is why that field is left blank rather than answered. H5954 (2025), which would have expressly authorized Providence to adopt rent control and just-cause eviction rules, died — and its very filing signals doubt that home rule alone suffices. Providence proceeded anyway in 2026, but the ordinance was vetoed on April 17, 2026 and the override failed that May, so municipal power was never tested in court.
What to watch — Providence council leadership has said it will retry, and the statewide 4% cap has now been filed twice — S0580/H5264 in 2025 and S2271 in 2026.
No frequency limit — Nothing in Rhode Island law limits how often rent may be raised with proper notice — not chapter 34-18 anywhere in its section index, and not the 2025 or 2026 session laws.
Two official texts carry these figures — The codified § 34-18-16.1 and the strike-through text of the enacted chapter law state the 60/120 figures in identical terms, the latter also showing the change from the former 30/60.

Common questions: Rhode Island rent increase notice

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How many days' notice must a landlord give before raising rent in Rhode Island?: 60 days. Notice does not vary with the size of the increase. Rhode Island's tier is age-based instead: a month-to-month tenant over the age of 62 must be given at least 120 days' written notice before the rent goes up (§ 34-18-16.1(b)).
Does Rhode Island have rent control?: No — Rhode Island has no statewide rent control or stabilization. Rhode Island has no statewide rent control and no percentage cap, and as of the verification date shown on this page no rent control ordinance is in force anywhere in the state.
Does Rhode Island preempt local rent control ordinances?: No Rhode Island statute expressly addresses local rent control, either to authorize it or to prohibit it; the state's landlord-tenant law regulates only the notice a landlord must give before raising rent.
Can a landlord raise the rent during a fixed-term lease in Rhode Island?: Rent cannot change during a fixed term unless the lease itself so provides, which is ordinary contract law. An increase at renewal still needs 60 days' written notice.
How often can a landlord raise the rent in Rhode Island?: Not addressed by statute.

Statute citations

R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-16.1 (a)-(c) (verified 2026) Official source
P.L. 2024, ch. 243 (H 7304A, enacted chapter text, effective upon passage 2024-06-24) § 1 (verified 2026) Official source
R.I. Gen. Laws § 34-18-37 (periodic-tenancy termination notice — 30 days for month-to-month, for contrast) (b) (verified 2026) Official source

How this record was verified: Direct read of statute text on the official Rhode Island General Assembly site (webserver.rilegislature.gov): sections 34-18-19, 34-18-16.1, and 34-18-26 each read twice independently, verbatim, with every key figure matching (one-month deposit cap; $5,000 furniture threshold and separate one-month furniture deposit; 20-day return after the later of termination, delivery of possession, or forwarding address; twice-the-amount-wrongfully-withheld penalty plus attorney fees; 60-day rent-increase notice and 120-day notice for month-to-month tenants over 62; two days' entry notice). The 60/120 rent-increase figures were additionally reconciled against the enacted chapter text of P.L. 2024, ch. 243 (H 7304A, effective upon passage 2024-06-24), which shows the strike-through amendment from the former 30/60. Supporting sections read once (34-18-8, 34-18-11, 34-18-15, 34-18-35, 34-18-37, 34-18-45, 34-18-58, 34-18-59, 34-18-61, 34-18-62) plus the full ch. 34-18 section index as the sweep basis for verified negatives (no deposit interest or escrow requirement, no late-fee cap or grace statute, no rent-increase frequency limit, no preemption statute). Session-law sweeps: 2025 confirmed absorbed into the code (34-18-62, P.L. 2025 ch. 395/396, eff. 2025-07-02, is live); the full 2026 public-laws-by-subject table (Law Revision office, session adjourned sine die 2026-06-11) was swept — the only on-topic enactments are P.L. 2026 ch. 147/148 (Survivor Early Lease Termination Act, new secs. 34-18-63 to 34-18-67 plus amended 34-18-11 definitions, EFFECTIVE 2026-07-01 and in force but not yet displayed on the code site; no change to any field in this record) and ch. 165/166 (shoreline rental disclosure, out of scope). Rent control: 2025 bills S0580/H5264 (4% cap), H5676 (10%+CPI), and H5954 (Providence enabling) all died; 2026 refile S2271 died at sine-die adjournment (absent from the enacted-laws sweep); Providence's 4% rent-stabilization ordinance passed the city council 2026-04-16, was vetoed by Mayor Smiley 2026-04-17, and the override failed in May 2026 — no rent control is in force anywhere in Rhode Island.