West Virginia rent increase law

Neither article sets a notice period for a rent increase or limits how much rent may rise.

W. Va. Code chapter 37, article 6 W. Va. Code chapter 37, article 6A

• Do not treat section 37-6-5's termination notice as a separate statutory deadline for changing rent. It addresses year-to-year and shorter periodic tenancies, allows a special agreement on notice and expressly dispenses with notice for a term ending at a certain time. Identify the actual tenancy and review its rent-change terms before choosing a renewal rate and effective date. A year-to-year periodic tenancy and a fixed term with a stated end date are different for this notice rule. W. Va. Code 37-6-5: notice qualifications

Neither article sets rent control or limits rent increases. City and county codes, and any state law on local rent regulation, were not read for this page.

W. Va. Code chapter 37, article 6 W. Va. Code chapter 37, article 6A

Neither article has a retaliation section. If a tenant wins an appeal from a possession order after the lease term has expired, the relief is money damages only and does not restore possession, unless there is an issue of title, retaliatory eviction or breach of warranty.

W. Va. Code chapter 37, article 6 W. Va. Code 55-3A-3(g)

• The Fair Housing Act separately makes it unlawful to coerce, threaten or interfere with anyone for exercising fair housing rights or helping someone else do so. W. Va. Code 16B-18-16
• West Virginia court decisions on retaliation were not read for this page. W. Va. Code chapter 37, article 6