Questions tagged [rent]
Concerning law regarding the contracting, payment, and collection of rent between a tenant and a landlord. Tag can also be used for rental agreements related to property other than real estate.
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I don't like the payment methods offered by my landlord. Do I still have to pay rent?
Recently, a friend of mine signed a two year rental agreement with a small mom and pop rental place. At the time of signing, they offered credit cards as a way of paying, but a credit card is not ...
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Can my lease co-signer sublet to someone without my consent?
I live in an apartment in Austin, TX, with a roommate. We're both co-signed on the lease and the lease doesn't expire until next year. My roommate told me this morning that he is moving out and ...
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Must a landlord warn potential rentees about previous pest infestation?
Must a landlord warn potential renters about previous pest infestations?
I am mostly interested in the following locations:
California, United States
Massachusetts, United States
Paris, France
Seoul,...
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Rent contract say that pets are not allowed. Possible repercussions if bringing the pet anyway?
We are two living in an apartment in Tirol where the contract says that there are no pets allowed. Now, for an unrelated reason, I need to have my cat with me. My roommate is ok with having him here.
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Leased apartment changed management. Is requiring in-person payment unreasonable?
I live in a college town in California with a leased apartment. On June 26th, a noticed (in paper) was posted on our doors that the apartment complexes have been sold, effective immediately.
Part of ...
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How do I properly evict a tenant in NY given these conditions?
I offered a tenant a place to live, gave her the first month free, and started the lease the 2nd month. In the lease she agreed to switch the utilities into her name. She never paid rent and never ...
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Can a renter retake posession? [closed]
In Texas, a renter rents a house with a one year lease term.
Renter is not late on rent and is currently paying rent on time.
Renter lived in the house for 7 months and moves out, but continues to ...
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60 days tenant notice in Ontario
I've rented an apartment for 1 year, now I already lived here for 11 month and I have one more month left.
I called my landlord yesterday to give a 60 days notice and said that I will be moving out ...
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How much can a landlord charge for overnight guests?
Here's the part of the contract:
The Premises are for the sole use as a residence by the
above-mentioned Tenant(s)(Item 1) only, not as physical exercising
place or other business or political ...
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Legal Liabilities as a Landlord if Tenants have committed assault?
As a landlord, are there liabilities if one of your tenants in one of your owned properties assault, sexually or not, a fellow tenant living in the same property?
What about if there is assault by a ...
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Waiving my right to not be evicted in a San Francisco lease
I am seeking for a new place in San Francisco. After chatting with a home owner who liked me as a potential tenant, we disagreed on the price, and his reasoning is that since this is a unit under the ...
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Can a landlord ask a tenant to sign an addendum to the lease that changes the terms of the first lease?
If a landlord asks a tenant who signed a 12 month lease to sign an addendum after they have already moved in that changes the terms of the lease to move out within 3 months of the landlord's death, ...
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paying debt collector's invalid rent claim, then suing landlord for money back [closed]
TLDR: terminated lease after continued upstairs noise, landlord sent debt collector, trying to decide if should pay debt collector and sue landlord for money back.
We had been renting an apartment in ...
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Tennants have not been informed that the house has been sold
I rent a house that the landlord is trying to sell, and the landlord said I have 3 months to leave from when he has found a buyer.
The estate agents have found a buyer, but they have not yet informed ...
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Can my landlord double-dip rent after my month-to-month lease termination?
I had a month-to-month tenancy with my previous landlord, which I terminated via written 30 days notice. The lease will terminate on the 21st of this month. I have already paid pro-rated rent until ...
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UK Housing Law - Section 21 Housing Act 1988 - The Tenants Rights
As we know, section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 outlines what steps a Landlord can take in order to regain possession of his property. My question is in relation of the rights of the tenant being asked ...
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Being Billed for Services Not Rendered During Lockdown (UK, 2020)
My accommodation for the 2019/20 academic year included certain housekeeping benefits---these are in-built into the price, not billed separately.
The exactly details are not so important, but the UK ...
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Can landlord charge a fee to return security deposit by wire or mail?
I am an international student living in Pennsylvania, USA for the semester. I had to pay a security deposit when I rented this property and now my landlord is saying that I must pay a "shipping" ...
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Why must victims of 'sex-for-rent' arrangements be legally defined as prostitutes to seek justice?
This Morning Star article describes attempts by Labour politicians to make it easier to prosecute 'sex-for-rent' arrangements, where landlords "demand sex from tenants in lieu of rent".
The ...
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Stop paying rent if landlord does not provide lease agreement and basic services
I have been staying in a house for 9 months already, that I share with 4 other roommates. I have asked the landlord for a lease agreement on repeated occasions, but to this day I never received ...
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My landlord decided that my rent is due earlier than we had agreed
I'm renting a room in a house in Minnesota, USA. Upon telling my landlord that I was looking for a different place to rent because of her dogs constantly barking at me (and even biting me), she ...
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Can a landlord charge for pet rent without pets?
I moved into a new apartment at the beginning of July. Base rent is $875, pet rent $40 (total) and I anticipated having 2 cats living with us eventually (probably soon at the time). So, I told the ...
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Is this eviction notice legal?
I had to buy money order to pay rent. I paid this rent on time. However, I was notified later that day that the money order was 3 cents less than was due. The person who rang up my money order entered ...
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Bed Bug Liability/Responsibility: Landlord or Tenant?
Situation:
I'm currently paying someone monthly rent to live in one of the rooms of their house. There is no signed contract or any records of this exchange.
Recently, the room I am in appears to ...
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Gave 30 days notice of intent to vacate, roommate who subleases to me says I owe rent for each day the room is vacant
Location: San Francisco, CA
Terms of my sublease: 3 months followed by month-to-month which may be terminated by either party after giving 30 days written notice.
I entered the month-to-month period ...
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Can I legally break my lease without repercussion if my apartment is in disrepair?
I recently rented a basement apartment, since I got there I noticed things wrong with it:
Massive amount of spiders
No light or railing on the staircase
Kitchen light sometimes does not work
fridge ...
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Can a landlord dictate where I can park when moving in/out of an apartment?
I recently moved out of a room that I rented in a house in Oakland, California. In my lease it under terms of vacating the premise my landlord added a clause stating:
"All moving must be done in ...
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Authority to enforce a law after it expires in New York
Recently, with the hubbub surrounding the expiration of the law authorizing rent control in New York City, Governor Cuomo issued a statement with this content, as quoted in the Daily News.
The letter,...
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Landlord quadrupling rent in Ohio
This ended up being a case of clerical error on their part. They didnt raise the rent at all for the remaining 3 weeks.
As part of my lease agreement, we must give a 60 day notice before we intend to ...
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Rent cheque was stolen from landlord and cashed in - whose money is lost?
On Money SE there was a recent question "Rent cheque was stolen from landlord - am I obligated to pay again?". The situation: Tenant pays rent by handing a cheque to the landlord, the landlord is ...
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How to handle an issue not covered by the renter's agreement? [closed]
Ideally, all possible scenarios are covered in the lease contract or rental agreement. Some things are not mentioned, however, and these can inevitably cause friction.
What actions can be taken if ...
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UK tenant no contract wants to leave early
A family member and her husband are renting a house from a friend, the landlord, and have only been living there about a month. There was no contract written up at all. They've become unhappy with the ...
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I owe rent for a month and my landord is threatening me to move my stuff out of the house
(Note: I know a similar question has been asked but this is slightly different in terms of the agreement and I also have specific location information which might help come up to a better conclusion.)
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Does manually crossing out terms in a printed and signed contract actually change the contract?
Let's say that a typed contract is handed to someone (a new tenant, potential employee, potential customer etc.), and they (the tenant/employee/customer) cross out clauses with a pen.
Lets say that ...
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Is it illegal for a landlord to waive a rent late fee?
Last month, I moved into an apartment in Chicago, IL. This month, I was a day late with my rent check, so the landlord charged me a late fee. I asked if they could waive it and I was told they were ...
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How does the prohibition on late rent fees work in MA?
In Massachusetts, USA,
a landlord cannot charge interest or a penalty on late rent until 30
days after the due date. However, the landlord can begin the eviction
process immediately, even if ...
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Dirty Apartment 3 day notice to cure breach or quit San Diego, CA
I received a "Three Day notice to cure breach or quit" for a dirty apartment. It is dated Wednesday, but was left on my door Thursday at 9am. The landlord is coming over on Saturday before noon to ...
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If “peppercorn” rent is not collected, can a tenant claim legal ownership of property? (UK)
I live in a property which has a garage attached which is rented to a neighbour, these are on a peppercorn rent of £1 per year. Now with a peppercorn rent I've read various descriptions which some ...
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Telecom fee that is mentioned in the lease but no mention of exact amount (U.S.)
My apartment lease says that the Internet has a telecom fee but there's no mention of how much the telecom fee is anywhere in the contract. In this case, am I obligated to pay this fee? Does it not ...
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What does a “Notice requiring possession” letter mean?
I am renting a house in the UK.
My contract is for a year, started in December last year and will expire in December 2015.
In the tenancy agreement says Landlord can cancel the contract with 2 ...
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Can a landlord renege on a verbal rent agreement made by former staff?
Background
I moved into a studio apartment that had a $200 rent reduction, valid for 6 months through the end of December 2017. An employee with the property management company had told me to reach ...
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How many days in advance should a subtenant notify the sublessor that he will leave earlier than expected?
Alice is subletting an apartment to Bob. The contract stipulates that Bob is subletting the apartment till August 15.
Can Bob leave earlier, i.e. decide to end the sublet earlier than what the ...
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Landlord's obligations during prolonged repairs
My landlord has determined that my building's balconies are in critical need of repair. They have blocked off access to all balconies, and are performing the (extremely noisy) repairs. Repairs are ...
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UK — Landlord refused to disclose (in contract) that another tenant is mentally ill and has potential for violence. What are my rights?
I'm an American living in the UK for a summer internship. I moved in to a room in a shared house, and lived there for two weeks. I found it using a university accommodation portal for summer visitors. ...
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Landlord renting parking space he doesn't own - UK
My girlfriend and I are renting a flat, it includes two parking spaces on a private communal car park. we've been renting this for over two years. the rent itself is higher then other places we looked ...
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What if my roommate doesn't pay his rent
I'm a student and I've co-leased an apartment with another person. It is a shared lease like students do all the time. My roommate leased another place and apparently he is not showing up for this ...
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Could government legally temporatiliy halt rent/mortgage/interest payments for the benefit of the greater economy?
I’m not well versed in economics or law by any stretch of the imagination. But I am confused with certain measures taken thus far by the government.
There is currently a temporary shutdown of vast ...
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Is a tenant legally required to report the rent payments in cash to the IRS?
I've been renting a room in a house in California, USA for a few years. Each month, I pay an advance payment to the homeowner. The rent is currently $650/month, and he wants cash. Legally speaking, am ...
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Can you refuse to rent to students in Texas?
I was recently looking for a new place to rent in Richardson, TX when one of the places I had contacted took me by surprise by opening with “no students” amongst a few other requirements. Is this ...
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Property manager said my rent was 1/3rd of the usual for an extra 11 days, now says it's full amount
As many others, I'm in a leasing pickle, and would like to better know my options.
I recently rented an apartment in Seattle for a 3-month stay (Jun 1st - Aug 31st), for $1190 monthly. On July 29th, ...
