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

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

Does Texas have rent control?

No — Texas has no statewide rent control or stabilization. Texas has no statewide rent control, and local rent control is effectively prohibited except in narrow disaster circumstances with the governor's approval (Tex. Local Gov't Code § 214.902).

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

Rent is fixed for the lease term unless the lease provides otherwise; increases take effect at renewal.

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

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Texas has no statute requiring a specific notice period for rent increases; for month-to-month tenancies the practical rule comes from the termination statute — a month-to-month tenancy can be ended with a month's notice, so an increase is effectively a month's-notice proposition the tenant can accept or leave on.

Cited to Tex. Prop. Code § 91.001 · Verified July 7, 2026

There is no rent control anywhere in Texas — a city may adopt it only during a declared housing emergency caused by a disaster, and only with the governor's approval of the ordinance, a pathway no Texas city has ever used.

Texas 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 is fixed for the lease term unless the lease provides otherwise; increases take effect at renewal.
Statewide rent control / stabilization	No
Rent control details	Texas has no statewide rent control, and local rent control is effectively prohibited except in narrow disaster circumstances with the governor's approval (Tex. Local Gov't Code § 214.902).
Local rent regulation	Texas law allows a city to adopt rent control only in a declared housing emergency caused by a disaster and only with the governor's approval of the ordinance, which must end when the disaster declaration ends.
Frequency limits	Not addressed by statute

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Notes and caveats

The empty answer is a finding: no rent-increase notice statute exists — The month-to-month notice field is empty because no Texas statute sets a notice period for rent increases — there is no figure to record, rather than a figure the record is missing.
Where the one-month expectation actually comes from — The practical month's notice is derived from the termination mechanics of § 91.001 — notice equal to at least one month for a month-to-month tenancy — not from any rent-increase statute.

Common questions: Texas 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 Texas?: No rent-increase statute — notice derives from tenancy-termination rules (see summary).
Does Texas have rent control?: No — Texas has no statewide rent control or stabilization. Texas has no statewide rent control, and local rent control is effectively prohibited except in narrow disaster circumstances with the governor's approval (Tex. Local Gov't Code § 214.902).
Does Texas preempt local rent control ordinances?: Texas law allows a city to adopt rent control only in a declared housing emergency caused by a disaster and only with the governor's approval of the ordinance, which must end when the disaster declaration ends.
Can a landlord raise the rent during a fixed-term lease in Texas?: Rent is fixed for the lease term unless the lease provides otherwise; increases take effect at renewal.
How often can a landlord raise the rent in Texas?: Not addressed by statute.

Changes since last full verification

The Verified date above (July 7, 2026) marks the last time every figure on this page was verified end-to-end against official state sources. The changes below were published since then, each verified against the official source it names (what these dates mean).

Correction, August 12, 2026 — Texas's local-rent-control answer now states the actual mechanism instead of a flat yes. Local Government Code § 214.902 contains no prohibition: it authorizes city rent control only during a declared housing emergency caused by a disaster, only with the governor's approval of the ordinance, and only for as long as the disaster declaration lasts — a pathway no Texas city has ever used. The practical effect, that no local rent control exists in Texas, is unchanged.

Statute citations

Tex. Prop. Code § 91.001 (verified 2026) Official source

How this record was verified: Web verification against the Texas State Law Library landlord-tenant guides (guides.sll.texas.gov, official state source summarizing Prop. Code ch. 92) and full statute text of Prop. Code §§ 92.019, 92.103, 92.104, 92.107, 92.109 via legal databases; statutes.capitol.texas.gov URLs cited for the official text.