Can a landlord cancel a lease after more than a month because charitable agencies helping me pay move in epenses have not paid yet?
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Can a landlord cancel a lease after more than a month because charitable agencies helping me pay move in epenses have not paid yet?
When I signed my lease last month I was getting help from a few charitable agencies with my move in costs. They have not paid the landlord yet or given him confirmation that they are paying. My family and I live in the house and there is a lease. Can he tell me a date to move out or does he need to file an eviction?
Asked on December 19, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Pennsylvania
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If you have a written lease for the unit that you are residing in, its written terms control the obligations owed to you by the landlord and vice versa in the absence of conflicting state law. If certain moneys due to landlord at move in have not been paid, then you are in breach of the lease regardless of the fact that charitable agencies stated that they would make the payment.
If the moneys owed tha landlord are not provided per the written lease that you have written about, your landlord can serve you with an eviction notice. I recommend that you contact the charitable agencies about getting the landlord paid the money owed him or her.
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