<human>: My roommate and I are currently in a lease that expires at the end of November. At the beginning of May we received a letter saying there was an increase in the Consumer Price Index for our area and our landlord wants to raise the rent by this amount starting in June.

I checked the Rent-Leveling rules in my city and it clearly states that the rent cannot be increased until the end of the current lease.

However if I refuse to pay the increase, I'm concerned our landlord will try to do what he can to evict us or find any reason to keep a large chunk of our security deposit, which is 5x what we will pay in increased rent for the next 6 months.

Any advice reddit? The letter says that if we remain in possession of our rental property after June 1st, it will mean that we accept and agree to the rent increase....wtf

I was thinking maybe I should pay the increased rent and then try to get it back after our lease is up/getting our security deposit back, but idk if I would be able to if we "consented" to the increase by continuing to rent the apartment.

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<bot>: Landlord is increasing our rent, he's not allowed to, but I'm concerned he will come after our security deposit if we fight it.