Educational template for cooperative negotiation. Not legal advice and not a dispute or demand letter. If you believe the increase is illegal, use the dispute letter generator instead.

Negotiation Script

Counter a steep rent increase, cooperatively.

When the increase is technically legal but feels too high, a polite, specific counter-offer often works better than a dispute. This generates one — citing your tenure, payment history, and a concrete counter-rent.

Your name

Landlord name

Your rental address

State

Current rent

Proposed rent

Years at this unit

I have paid rent on time every month

Counter-offer increase: 5%

Tip: a counter at roughly half the proposed increase is a common middle-ground starting point.

Fill in your state, current rent, and a higher proposed rent to generate a counter-offer script.