Rent Increases in Albuquerque: What Are My Rights?
If your landlord in Albuquerque raises your rent, New Mexico law sets when they must tell you and limits why they can do it. No city or county rule can add a rent cap here. This page covers only the state rules, since Albuquerque and Bernalillo County have not adopted their own.
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If you rent month to month in Albuquerque, your landlord must give you written notice to raise the rent. This notice must come at least 30 days before your next rent due date.
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If you have a fixed-term lease, your landlord must give you written notice of a rent increase at least 30 days before your lease ends.
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No city or county in New Mexico can pass a law that limits how much your landlord may raise the rent. This includes Albuquerque. The rule covers privately owned rentals.
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New Mexico does not let cities or counties pass laws that control rent on privately owned rentals. That ban does not apply to private rentals that get government benefits or funding under contract to give lower rents to low- or moderate-income renters.
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If you follow your lease and the state renter law, your landlord cannot raise your rent to punish you for some actions. The actions must be from the last 6 months. These include a complaint to a code agency about a problem that seriously affects health and safety. They include a written repair request made in good faith, or joining a tenants' group. They include winning, or having pending, a lawsuit against your landlord about your rental.
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Even after you take an action the retaliation law protects, your landlord can raise your rent with proper notice. This is allowed at the end of your lease term, or as your lease allows. Your landlord must show the increase matches increases for other renters in similar units. It must be uniform and not aimed at you.
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Under New Mexico renter law, you receive a written notice from your landlord when it is handed to you. You also receive it when it is mailed to the address you gave for notices. If you gave no such address, you receive it when it is mailed to your last known home.
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