Letter from landlord’s attorney saying that I’m violating my lease by subleasing. Pls. give advice?
March 14th, 2011 | 
Author: My fiancee moved in w/me to cut down the expense of our wedding which we intend to stay in the apartment until we find something bigger. I notified the landlord via letter to be placed in my rental file as stated in the month to month lease agreement. Now she is trying to have us evicted because she says that I’m subleasing because my fiancee has been paying the rent from his checking account. Three months ago, I filed a claim against the complex because my vehicle was damaged due to her negligence of not notifying the tenants that the entrance gate was broken. Every since then I have been have problems with her. Oh year, let’s not forget that other tenants have people living with them that are doing the same thing and not having any problems with the landlord! What should I do?
Posted in Landlord Tenant Law
Get a good attorney have copies or originals of everything concerning this matter and try to get other statements against this landlord…sounds more like slumlord
GL
Read your lease. Either it forbids sub letting or it doesn’t. If it does then you can’t do it. If it doesn’t then you can. Nothing the Landlord or the Landlords Attorney says can change that.
Where the money comes from is irrelevant – at least in Mass.
Might want to point out to the lawyer that this only happened after the suit, other people appear to be in the same situation, and (since you’re a minority female) this is starting to look like either harassment or discrimination.
Not all of that will fly but it might get them to leave you alone.
Quit shacking up. Move out. Get married. And live happily ever after.
You can’t sublease your room if it says it on your lease, read it. Frankly you most likely can’t have people stay over a certain period as well. If you agreed to it, and its a standard lease, then you have to abide by it.
HOWEVER if the landlord knowingly allows other people to sublease and do the same thing there might be cause for discrimination.
Your best bet however is to vacate the premise in any case. You might only have a legal case, to sue the landlord, however that is reason enough to evict you.
it sounds like she wants you gone because of your claim. did she acknowledge receipt of the letter about your bf moving in with you, and have you both sign a new lease? was he living there prior to your car being damaged? most states have a government agency that will handle tennant landlord disputes. try searching on line for your state or call local dept of consumer protection. if they can’t help, look in the phone book for lawyers. many will give free initial consultation. it may be easiest to move, but you want to make sure that you don’t have an eviction on your record when you go to get a new place.