Landlord won't renew lease
Me and my significant other have been the ideal tenants for the past year. We always pay the rent on time and only contact our landlord when the heat isn’t on and it’s freezing cold outside. Our lease is up at the end of March and we want to renew it. We received a letter…
Me and my significant other have been the ideal tenants for the past year. We always pay the rent on time and only contact our landlord when the heat isn’t on and it’s freezing cold outside. Our lease is up at the end of March and we want to renew it. We received a letter from our landlord saying she is not interested in renewing the lease with us. When we called to ask why, she refused to discuss it. Now we have 30 days to find a new place. Is this legal?
There is no obligation to renew a lease. Why would you even ask for a reason. You are just a tenant.
Another bitter renter that was priced out.
First read your lease and find out what the renewal/termination terms are.
Second, if the terms allow the landlord not to renew the lease (which is most likely the case), then find out if the law protects you. You may have certain rights.
Check out the nyc,gov web site. There may be some tenant advocacy groups that can advise you of your rights. Otherwise, talk to a lawyer.
Anon 5:17 makes a good point that rent stabilization laws have been significantly eroded in the past 10 years.
This happened to us twice in a row in Park Slope. In one case the owners were divorcing and selling the house and the next time the owners relocated and wanted their apartment back. It sucks but it is legal. I understand this happens a lot when you are renting in an owner occupied house. Depending on their reasons for not renewing, they might be agreeable to allowing you to extend for a month or two to give you more time. It never hurts to ask.
Unfortunately, it sounds like your landlord is getting advice from people posting here, I think the advice to send the letter was in a thread a few weeks ago.
Unfortunately, it sounds like your landlord is getting advice from people posting here, I think the advice to send the letter was in a thread a few weeks ago.
Not sure how the laws have changed.
But it could depend on how
many units are in the building.
Over 5? or is it over 6? I forget.
If over 5 or 6 — it is certainly worth
taking a closer look.
Under certain circumstances — simply
paying rent constitutes a lease.
Under rent stabilized apartments, for example.
Keep the canceled checks!
But then again, the laws protecting tenants
have been under a constant state of erosion.
Good luck.
it is very legal but triple check your lease maybe the landlord defaulted by not giving you 90 days written notice.
you’re asking the wrong people…this bunch is likely to tell your landlord to evict you if you’re not out in 30 day….lol