Overview

• Contracts signed since December 30, 2023 follow Decree 70/23, allowing landlords and tenants to freely set the index and frequency of rent adjustments.
• Leases that began between July 2020 and October 17, 2023 still adjust annually by the BCRA’s ICL, and a September reset would raise the rent about 50.3% year over year, according to Clarín’s calculation using official index values.
• Many IPC-indexed quarterly updates scheduled for September cannot be finalized until INDEC releases August inflation on September 10, with provisional calculators indicating roughly a 5.5% rise.
• Some contracts apply the most recent three published months of IPC, which currently points to a 5.1% increase for September based on May, June, and July data, including July’s 1.9% reading.
• Owners may propose out-of-contract increases only with the tenant’s consent, and renters can reject unilateral hikes and seek assistance from consumer-protection channels.