Rent increases if you have an assured tenancy

If you have an assured tenancy, your landlord cannot increase the rent during your fixed term unless either:

• your tenancy agreement says it can increase
• you agree to a rent increase

If your landlord wants to increase the rent at the end of the fixed term, they must give you at least one rent period's notice. This means giving one month notice if you pay rent monthly, or one week notice if you pay weekly.

Your landlord can only increase the rent once in a 12-month period.

Rent increase form your landlord must use

Your landlord must send you an AT2 form to say they want to increase the rent.

See what an AT2 form looks like on gov.scot.

You must return part 3 of the form to them, to say whether you:

• accept the rent increase
• do not accept the rent increase

If you do not accept the rent increase

If you do not accept a rent increase, you can take your landlord to a tribunal. The tribunal is called the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland (Housing and Property Chamber).

The tribunal will decide if the rent increase is too high.

How to apply to the tribunal

Complete a AT4 form and send it to the tribunal. Get an AT4 form on gov.scot.

There’s no cost to apply to the tribunal.

You must apply to the tribunal before the new rent takes effect.