TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas has recently raised the rent by more than 25 percent for agencies housed in state office buildings.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reported Monday that the Department of Administration began charging higher rents this summer.  According to documents obtained by the newspaper, rent was increased about 27 percent for the current fiscal year, beginning July 1, compared to the previous year.

That is a jump from $15.25 per square foot in fiscal year 2014 to $19.40 per square foot in fiscal year 2016.

Department of Administration spokesman John Milburn said fewer tenants in the Docking State Office Building, which sits west of the Statehouse, are part of the reason for the rent increase. He said the department had agreed to reduce rates for two years to help agencies with their budgets, and the two-year period was up.