Can I Negotiate with My Landlord When I Have a Rent Increase? There are a lot of different reasons that you are going to end up with a rent increase. Sometimes the landlord will need to increase the rent because of inflation and they need to make sure that they can stay up with some of the market conditions. They may have added some new amenities or made some major upgrades in the apartment and would like to have them covered. Or they can choose to cover...