§ 30

In properties with tenant representation, demands for rent increases under § 23 must be presented simultaneously to the tenants whose rent is to be increased. The demand must be in writing. It must include information about the current budget and the new budget, including operating expenses and income, the amount of the rent increase and its calculation, and the future rent amount. The demand must also include information that the letter has been presented to the tenant representatives and any of their statements. If the demand does not contain this information, it is invalid.

Stk. 2.No later than 7 days before the demand under subsection 1, the landlord must notify the tenant representatives of the rent increase. The notification must include a copy of the letter to the tenants, information about the current budget and the new budget, and a necessary explanation of the budget items, including changes in the amounts. If the tenant representatives do not receive this information, the notification under subsection 1 is invalid.

Stk. 3.The tenant representatives may, within 3 weeks after receiving the notification under subsection 2, make a written demand that the landlord, within an additional 3 weeks, sends a written explanation to the tenant representation with specified supplementary information along with documentation for certain expenses in the budget. The tenant representatives must also be informed of their right to object, cf. subsection 4. If the tenant representatives do not receive this information, the demand for a rent increase is invalid.

Stk. 4.If the tenant representatives, within 6 weeks after the landlord's notification under subsection 2 or additional information under subsection 3 has been received, have notified in writing that they cannot approve the rent increase, the landlord must present the case to the rent tribunal within an additional 6 weeks if the landlord wishes to maintain the demand for a rent increase.

Stk. 5.If the landlord has not timely received notification from the tenant representatives as mentioned in subsection 4, or the tenant representatives have approved the rent increase, the landlord may collect the notified rent increase once this has been communicated to the tenants with an indication that each tenant can submit the question of the reasonableness of the rent increase to the rent tribunal under § 38.

Stk. 6.Notification under subsection 5 can be given in the letter under subsection 1 if it is sent after the tenant representatives have responded or their response deadline has expired.