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Question: We signed a year lease, Feb.2015. There was a note on our door, may 4th,2015 saying we haven't signed yet. We called the Apt. Mngr. and he looked it up on the computer and saw that we did sign a lease but the year was wrong on the lease. Instead of 2015-16 it said 2014-15 but it has our signatures and the right date of signing 2-28-15. Nobody caught that when we signed in Feb.He said to come in and resign.When we went yesterday to resign he said the rent also increased even though we were quoted the price in the lease in Feb. This seems unfair and wrong/illegal?Help appreciated.Thanks, Tom

Answer: Since you signed the lease at a certain price for the rent, that is the price. You should pay the rent agreed to in the signed document. You should also make sure you have a copy of that for your records. Your landlord cannot use the flimsy excuse of a date error to unilaterally change the lease.