# How do I do a rate increase without changing previous months rent amount?

**URL:** <https://community.stessa.com/t/how-do-i-do-a-rate-increase-without-changing-previous-months-rent-amount/8759>\
**Category:** Setup & Support\
**Created:** [December 7, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.stessa.com/t/how-do-i-do-a-rate-increase-without-changing-previous-months-rent-amount/8759 "2022-12-07T16:47:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![jhunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b19c9b/32.png) [@jhunter](https://community.stessa.com/u/jhunter)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.stessa.com/t/how-do-i-do-a-rate-increase-without-changing-previous-months-rent-amount/8759/1 "2022-12-07T16:47:03Z")

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How do I do a rate increase for a tenant? I tried to change it and then it changes the rate for the whole history of their tenancy.

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**Author:** ![javier.criollo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@javier.criollo](https://community.stessa.com/u/javier.criollo)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2022, 4:33pm UTC](https://community.stessa.com/t/how-do-i-do-a-rate-increase-without-changing-previous-months-rent-amount/8759/2 "2022-12-23T16:33:02Z")

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hello there. disclosure: I am no Stessa expert, as I am also looking for answers to some questions I have, but one way i overcome that is to simply change the lease expiration date by going to the lease and tenant tab and then choosing the tenant I want to change the rent to and then add a renew date as of the date the increase taken effect and in it put the new rent. For instance: the new rent starts on December 1st, I enter the current lease expiration date as 11/30/22, then I click on the renew lease tab, and this will give me a window to fill out info, part of that info is the new rent rate. Voila! I hope this helps!