Rent Increase
The Plaintiff seeks to unilaterally increase Defendant's rent in the event that Defendant remains in possession of the premises. Plaintiff proposes that the new rent equal $6,000 per month, the amount a third party was willing to pay. The Defendant argues that the critical fact in this matter is that he is lawfully in possession of this property since he was not given sufficient notice to vacate. This being the case, he argues that the Plaintiff cannot unilaterally increase the rent after the year to year term has begun.