Tenant Wants to Bring in Girlfriend
So I have a tenant, the tenant has been living here for more then ten years. About a week ago, the tenant informed us that they were going to bring in a girlfriend. Legally she is allowed to bring in the girlfriend. The tenant is paying way under market value for the apartment. I approached…
So I have a tenant, the tenant has been living here for more then ten years. About a week ago, the tenant informed us that they were going to bring in a girlfriend. Legally she is allowed to bring in the girlfriend. The tenant is paying way under market value for the apartment. I approached the tenant about including the girlfriend on the lease. The tenant is not willing to include the girlfriend on the lease. Personally as the landlord, I do not believe it is fair. That another person is allowed to move into the apartment without any rent increase. There will be an increase in cost to me. How do u folks feel about it.
The OP mentioned no such problems. Only that a long tine tenant now ha a girlfriend who wants to move in. Happy tenants are usually better.
Higher costs? Not so. Heat is on thermostat anyway, no? No reason that more heat would be used. Water? Nonsense.
Additional names on the lease is not necessarily a good thing, by the way. In fact, one name is better for many reasons.
This sounds like a good tenant. Don’t rock the boat.
the landlord sounds like a love h8r
*rob*
Absolutely, if the lease restricts additional roommates, and/or specifically requires roommates to be added on the lease. That said, the landlord can not bar the first roommate, as long as other legal lease requirements are met.
sorry bedstuy,
a tenant has the right to have at least one roommate or occupant. here is the quote from Real Property Law;
It is unlawful for a landlord to restrict occupancy of an apartment to the named tenant in the lease or to that tenant and immediate family. When the lease names only one tenant, that tenant may share the apartment with immediate family, one additional occupant and the occupant’s dependent children, provided that the tenant or the tenant’s spouse occupies the premises as their primary residence.
When the lease names more than one tenant, these tenants may share their apartment with immediate family, and, if one of the tenants named in the lease moves out, that tenant may be replaced with another occupant and the dependent children of the occupant. At least one of the tenants named in the lease or that tenant’s spouse must occupy the shared apartment as a primary residence.
A tenant must inform the landlords of the name of any occupant within 30 days after the occupant has moved into the apartment or within 30 days of a landlord’s request for this information. If the tenant named in the lease moves out, the remaining occupant has no right to continue in occupancy without the landlord’s express consent. Landlords may limit the total number of people living in an apartment to comply with legal overcrowding standards. Real Property Law § 235-f.
to the landlord posting, if it is market rate, raise the rent and get them out of there!
I think thats law is kind of crazy- The Landlord should be able to decide who is allowed to live in a building they own. What if the room mate or significant other is a total crack head?
Maly-
That does not sound right. If the lease has a specific restriction on additional roommates the contract between tenant and landlord should rule. The landlord would possibly have grounds for eviction.
How can someone just move into the apartment without having to be on the lease?
bed-stuy, it’s the law, that’s why.
“A tenant of an apartment, rent-regulated or not, has the legal right to have at least one adult roommate (with or without dependent children). The law requires the tenant to notify the landlord of the name of the roommate. (While there does not appear to be any penalty for failing to do so, it may nevertheless be advisable, depending on the circumstances.)”
If you rented the apartment to a couple, and they broke up – would you lower the rent if only one person remained in the apartment?