§ 137

The landlord and the tenant of a residential apartment may, after entering into a lease agreement, agree to carry out improvement works in the apartment with a rent increase specified in the agreement.

Stk. 2.The tenant may require the landlord to obtain prior approval according to the provisions of § 132, before entering into an agreement. The tenant may also request a statement from Udbetaling Danmark regarding any housing benefit implications of an agreement on rent increase pursuant to stk. 1.

Stk. 3.An agreement, cf. stk. 1, is only valid if the following conditions are met:

1)The agreement must be in writing.

2)It must explicitly appear in the agreement that the rent increase is agreed upon under the present provision.

3)The landlord must, before entering into the agreement, have informed the tenant about the possibility of obtaining prior approval, cf. stk. 2, 1st sentence, and calculation regarding housing benefit implications, cf. stk. 2, 2nd sentence.

Stk. 4.The agreement lapses when the relevant tenancy terminates.