What is a temporary rent reduction agreement?
A landlord agrees to reduce or defer rent for a set period — because of hardship, repairs or lost use of part of a property — with the reduced amount, the period, whether any of it is repaid and when the normal rent resumes. Start from this template in FileIt eSignature: fill in the blanks, add the people who sign, and send it. Everyone signs online and the signed PDF is filed in your vault.
What you fill in
16 blanks, then the name and email of each person who signs: landlord, tenant.
1 The lease
- Date of this agreement*
- Landlord or managing agent*
- Tenant name(s)*
- Address of the rented property*
- Date of the lease*
2 The reduction
- Reason for the reduction*
- Currency*
- Normal rent*
- Reduced rent*
- Rent is paid* per month · per week · every two weeks · per quarter
- Reduced rent applies from*
- Reduced rent applies until*
3 Repayment
- Is the difference repaid?* is a reduction: the Tenant will never have to pay the difference · is a deferral: the Tenant will repay the difference as set out below · is a reduction only if the Tenant keeps to this Agreement and the Lease until the end of the reduced period, otherwise the difference becomes repayable
- Repayment plan (for a deferral)
- Conditions (optional)
- Governing law*
4 Who signs
- Landlord signature and date, initials on every page · The landlord or the managing agent who signs leases for the landlord.
- Tenant signature and date, initials on every page · The tenant. For a business, the person signing for it.
What the temporary rent reduction agreement covers
- Reason
- Reduced rent
- The difference
- After the Reduced Period
- Conditions
- Everything else stays the same
- General
Sign it online in minutes
- Fill in the blanks. Names, dates and amounts go straight into the agreement — the preview shows exactly where.
- Name who signs. Tick “This is me” for your own part. FileIt builds the PDF with every signature, date and initials box on the right line, and you can check or move anything before sending.
- Send it. Each signer gets a secure link and signs from any device — no account needed. The signed PDF, with an audit trail and a Certificate of Completion, is filed in your vault and emailed to everyone.