How much notice is required to raise the rent in Texas?
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.
There is no rent control anywhere in Texas, and state law bars cities from enacting it outside declared-disaster conditions.
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 | No statewide rent control; local rent control is effectively prohibited except in narrow disaster circumstances with gubernatorial approval (Tex. Local Gov't Code § 214.902). |
| Local rent control preempted | Yes |
| Frequency limits | Not addressed by statute |
Notes and caveats
Statute citations
- Tex. Prop. Code § 91.001 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.