In my first place a couple years ago, they weren't going to raise the rent but I decided to move anyway. In my second place, they didn't raise the rent when we renewed the lease for a second year. The timing of this thread is interesting because management just asked us today if we were going to renew or not (our lease isn't up until September 1st smiley: indifferent). At this point I have no idea but I'd rather go somewhere else. They didn't mention anything about if the rent will go up or not.