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How much notice is required for a mobile home lot rent increase in Florida?

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The 90-day notice rule

If you own a mobile home and rent the lot it sits on, Florida law says the park owner must give you 90 days' notice before raising your lot rent. This comes from Fla. Stat. 723.037. The law also gives homeowners a right to meet with the park about the increase.

If your notice gives you less than 90 days, the increase should not take effect on the date stated. Write to the park manager, point to the date you received the notice, and ask for the correct effective date.

No rent control in Florida

Florida does not have rent control. Under Fla. Stat. 125.0103, cities and counties cannot cap rent increases except through an emergency referendum. So a 90-day notice is about timing, not about how much the rent can go up. If the notice is proper, the increase itself is legal — even if it's steep.

Your options

• Ask for the meeting. Chapter 723 gives homeowners a right to meet with the park about a lot rent increase — use it to ask questions and, if you can, negotiate.
• Accept the increase if the notice is valid and you can manage the new amount.
• Plan to move if you can't manage it — but a mobile home is not easy to relocate, so start that process early and use the 90 days to plan.

This tool never tells you to ignore a valid notice or refuse to pay. It helps you check the notice and figure out which of these paths fits your situation.

If you think this is retaliation

Florida law (Fla. Stat. 83.64) says a landlord cannot raise rent or end a tenancy to retaliate against you for complaining to a government agency or for organizing with other renters. If you recently made a complaint or organized with neighbors and then got this increase, mention that when you write back — and get it checked by legal aid.

What we don't know

• We don't know your specific park's lease terms — some parks may offer more than the law requires.
• We don't know if you have a voucher or subsidy on the lot rent — if you do, different rules and a housing authority may be involved (see HUD's Housing Choice Voucher program).
• This is general information, not a review of your actual documents.

What to do next

Paste your actual notice and the date you received it into the free tool. It reads your own document and dates — not a generic example — and tells you whether the 90-day notice period was met, what the real effective date should be, and drafts a short letter back to the park. Nothing you paste is stored. This is not legal advice; for anything important, confirm with civil legal aid at FloridaLawHelp.org.

Rent Increase Responder explains Florida landlord-tenant law in plain language; it can be wrong, and it is not legal advice. Florida has no rent control. Confirm with Florida legal aid (floridalawhelp.org) or a tenant attorney. Nothing you paste is stored.