IS THIS LEGAL???? my apartment complex owner has had in the past legal problems?

Question

THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY ISSUES WITH THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WHERE I LIVE.:

1.- My lease expires in exactly: three days. I have to give 60 days noticed if I am going to move out. i CALLED the office and the lady told me they are not going to increase the rent. Though I may have to pay for some portion of the water bill. She left her job, and to make things short, I just got today a letter saying that I have a $60.oo increae monthly in my rent... Three days before I have to renew my lease???? and monday is a holiday so ? I do not even have time to talk to anybody as the check for the rent should be there the 1st.

2.- They are starting with "some" apartments to bill for the water (a neighbor showed me her bill), but they do not have an accurate measurement of how much water you use. They use a company based in Florida that "estimates" how much water you use based on how many people live there, and they bill you for ... what they THINK you use. The company is http://www.submeterone.com/index.htm .

So how is this legal and how is that it seems, SEEMS that they will charge me 60 dollars more without warning me in advance in order to make a decision

And also I am not sure if they will charge me for water, like my neighboor in the other building, how is that they do not tell me but the addendum on the lease says THEY MAY BILL for a portion of the water and bla, bla, bla.

Answer 1

Read your lease. You never gave notice so you are either bound by the holdover clause, the auto-increase clause or the conversion to m2m.

Answer 2

It is legal.   This is what turns renters into homeowners.  Buy a house and get some peace and privacy.

Answer 3

Landlord is required to give you notice before raising your rent.  Since the contract requires YOU to give 60 days notice before terminating, most every judge will require the landlord to give tenant the same notice ... 60 days, unless otherwise specified in the lease.  That $60 increase will legally take effect in 60 days.  If you don't want to pay it, you can give your 60 day termination notice now.

If the water bill thing is not in your lease, then landlord is required to give you sufficient notice of that as well.

No problem with increasing your rent and not increasing neighbor's rent.

If landlord want you to move out, landlord must give you 60 days notice, the same notice you must give them, as specified in your lease.