When carelessness justifies lease termination
Q: Our landlord deducted several hundred dollars from our security deposit after he saw the damage that resulted when we left a window open during a rainstorm (the rain damaged...
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Foreclosure rights under oral lease
Q: I am a tenant in a house I rented last summer, planning on staying a year, but soon after I moved in, the owner told me that he was...
Foreclosure rights under oral lease
Q: I am a tenant in a house I rented last summer, planning on staying a year, but soon after I moved in, the owner told me that he was...
Avoid roommate problems when subletting apartment
Q: My three roommates and I rented a house for the year. One roommate left for the summer and sublet his room to a friend, Max. This new roommate has...
Lease’s crime-prevention clause stacks deck against tenants
Q: My landlord's association has given us a crime-free lease addendum that they suggest we use. It tells tenants that illegal activities on the property, by tenants or guests, will...
Lease’s crime-prevention clause stacks deck against tenants
Q: My landlord's association has given us a crime-free lease addendum that they suggest we use. It tells tenants that illegal activities on the property, by tenants or guests, will...
Avoid roommate problems when subletting apartment
Q: My three roommates and I rented a house for the year. One roommate left for the summer and sublet his room to a friend, Max. This new roommate has...
Registering farmworker housing riles landlord
Q: We live on a farm, on which we have several residences that we rent out from time to time, usually to migrant farmworkers. Our local government is considering an...
Don’t get stuck paying for tenants’ blight
Q: My tenants incurred a fine from the city that claimed that their poor housekeeping (really, their yard-keeping) was a violation of city codes. The ordinance says I'm responsible for...
Registering farmworker housing riles landlord
Q: We live on a farm, on which we have several residences that we rent out from time to time, usually to migrant farmworkers. Our local government is considering an...