Can a tenant on limited income in financial hardship be released from paying the remainder of their lease if they are accepted into government housing?

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Can a tenant on limited income in financial hardship be released from paying the remainder of their lease if they are accepted into government housing?

Our grandmother is on a very limited income and was just accepted as a tenant in government assisted housing. Her current landlord is threatening to sue her for the remainder of the lease contract if she moves out. What are her rights? She cannot afford the rent at her current residence.

Asked on January 6, 2012 under Real Estate Law, Ohio

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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 12 years ago | Contributor

If you grandmother signe a written agreement for a set term with the landlord who owns the property, she is obligated for the full term regardless is she has been accepted into government housing. Your grandmother's option is to try and sub-lease the unit to a third person for the balance of her lease.

Even if she vacates the unit, the lanldord in order to mitigate his or her damages is obligated to try and lease out the unit to a third person.

I suggest that you carefully read the presumed written lease that your grandmother signed in that it controls the obligations that she owed under the agreement to the landlord and vice versa.


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