What is a rent increase notice?
A rent increase notice is the written notice a landlord serves on a resident before rent goes up, stating the current rent, the new rent, and the date the new rent starts. Most markets set how much notice has to be given and how often an increase may happen, and some mandate the exact document it goes out on. Scaalr prepares that notice from the lease record, checks it against the market profile that governs the property, and holds it until a designated signer signs.
Who decides the amount?
You set the rate. Scaalr never picks a number: it validates the increase you entered against the market profile that governs the property, tells you what that profile says, and holds anything that does not pass rather than serving it. The rate, the timing, and the decision to go ahead are the operator's, every time.
What happens where a province or territory mandates official paperwork?
Scaalr fills exactly that document, from the lease record rather than retyped by hand. Where the market mandates nothing in particular, Scaalr composes the notice from that market's own rules, stating the current rent, the new rent, and the effective date. Either way it is signed before it serves, and what was served, how, and when stays on the record.
Which markets does Scaalr support for rent increases in Canada?
All of them: the ten provinces and the three territories are each catalogued, on their own rules. Automated notices serve in a market only after a manager reviews and acknowledges its current rules.
Is any province or territory not supported?
No. Every province and territory is catalogued, from Ontario and British Columbia to the three territories, and Quebec's official paperwork is prepared in French.
Does Scaalr serve the notice to the resident?
Where the market permits service by email, yes: the signed notice is emailed to the resident and the service is recorded on the lease. Where a market requires personal or mail service, Scaalr generates the signed notice and hands your team a record-of-service task, so what was served, how, and when stays on the record.
Does the resident sign a rent increase notice?
No. A rent increase notice is served to the resident, not signed by them; the signature on it is the landlord side's. In Scaalr, a designated signer or the property owner signs, and a notice without a usable signature holds instead of serving.
How do I get my leases in?
A guided getting-started checklist walks you through setup, and journal entries and bank statements import from CSV. Properties, units, residents, and leases are entered in the app; there is no bulk portfolio import. Every increase schedules from a lease, so the leases go in first. Start with one building rather than the whole portfolio.
Can I see the notice before it serves?
Yes, and nothing serves until someone has. Scaalr prepares the notice and holds it for a designated signer or the property owner; a notice without a usable signature holds rather than serving. Automated notices begin in a market only after a property manager on your team reviews and acknowledges that market's current rules, so the first one in a new market is always a deliberate act.
Does it work for a small portfolio?
Yes. Scaalr is free for your first 5 units with up to 3 internal users, on the same records the bigger tiers run, then US$0.99 per unit per month as you grow. Rent increases come with Growth, at US$99 a month for the first 50 units and US$1.49 per additional unit. Put one building on it, load its leases, and schedule one increase before anything else moves.
Which plan includes automated rent increases?
Growth and up. Growth is $99 a month for the first 50 units, then $1.49 per additional unit, and jurisdiction-aware rent increase notices are included at that price. All plans are billed in US dollars.
Deciding the number is the part that stays yours. The cadence, the notice periods, and the paper trail are covered in How and When to Raise Rent, and the shorter argument for treating increases as schedules lives in Every Lease Has Its Own Rent Day.