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A Rhode Island month-to-month lease agreement is a rental contract between a landlord and tenant that authorizes the tenant to occupy a residential unit for one (1) month at a time. This type of arrangement is especially favorable for tenants who are unable to make the long-term commitment required in an annual lease.

Apartment List's Report Finds: - Year-over-year rent growth in Providence currently stands at 7.2%, compared to -3.3% at this time last year. Rents in Providence are up by 19.9% since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.

A landlord must provide a tenant with a written notice 30 days or more prior to the effective date, for a rental increase for a residential tenancy that is on a weekly or monthly basis. With longer tenancies it is 30 days prior to expiration of the current rental agreement.

A Rhode Island standard residential lease agreement is a legally binding rental arrangement between a landlord and tenant usually lasting for a one (1) year period. The tenant's credentials will usually be reviewed and approved by the landlord prior to signing the lease through a rental application.

Under Rhode Island law, the rental agreement between a tenant and a landlord is a contract. A landlord is permitted to attempt to increase a tenant's rent by any amount for any reason, as long as the increase was not done for an illegal reason, and as long as the increase was done by proper procedures.

There are five essential elements of a valid lease: offer, acceptance, mutual assent, execution and delivery, and consideration. In addition, the Texas Property Code imposes certain default requirements on landlords and tenants if a lease does not make its own provisions.