📈 Can my landlord raise the rent in Hungary?

It depends

Quick answer

Only if it's in the contract — on Hungary's rental market, the paper rules. There's no statutory cap or mandated raise schedule: rent is a contractual matter. The formula is simple: if your lease expressly contains a raise clause — typically a once-yearly indexation tied to statistical-office (KSH) inflation — the landlord may raise exactly by the agreed measure at the agreed time. If no such clause exists, there's no right to a unilateral raise during the running lease: the rent climbs only by mutual agreement (contract amendment) — and you decide whether to accept. The landlord's real lever then is termination under the contract's rules (with notice on open-ended leases) plus a new offer — a de facto negotiation. On fixed-term leases the rent is protected to expiry (beyond agreed indexation), with renegotiation at renewal. Always demand raises in writing — a verbal 'fifty more from now on' is legally air.

📋 The key rules

Raises only under a contract clause (e.g. yearly KSH indexation) — exactly as agreed
No clause: no unilateral raise — mutual agreement only
Fixed-term leases: rent protected to expiry (beyond agreed indexation)
The landlord's alternative: termination per the contract + a new offer
Every change in writing — verbal raises are unenforceable

🔓 Exceptions

Rising utility costs flow through when utilities are on the tenant — that's not a 'rent raise'
Municipal social housing: decree-based pricing, which can change by decree

⚠️ Penalties

A raise without legal basis is invalid: the tenant may keep paying the old rent and reclaim any difference. 'Pay or you're out tomorrow' threats are unlawful — eviction only follows termination plus the court route.

📎 Official sources

Verified: 2026-06-20

❓ Frequently asked questions

My lease has no raise clause. Can the landlord increase?

Not unilaterally during the running lease — only by mutual agreement; if you decline, the lease continues at the original rent, and the landlord's only route is the termination rules.

By how much can he raise with indexation?

Exactly by the agreed measure — typically the KSH yearly inflation, once a year at the contractual date; any larger raise is invalid.

I'm on a fixed term. Can a raise come mid-year?

Only the contracted indexation — beyond that the rent is fixed to expiry; at renewal the landlord may propose new terms.

What if I refuse the raise?

The old rent stands; the landlord may act under the contract's termination rules (with notice on open-ended leases) — no instant eviction exists, that's a court process.

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