Canany apartment complex management refuse to renew a tenant’s lease?
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Canany apartment complex management refuse to renew a tenant’s lease?
I am a senior citizen (72 years of age) and my property manager has told me my lease will not be renewed by them at the end of the lease on 12/26/10. Are they obligated to pay me a relocation allowance? I have always paid rent on time and have done nothing to deserve this inconvenience.
Asked on October 18, 2010 under Real Estate Law, California
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 13 years ago | Contributor
As a general matter, a landlord is free to decide to not renew a tenant's lease, as long as the lease itself doesn't contain some terms governing renewal. You can check to see if your municality has any rules about a tenant's right to renew--most don't, but a few do. I don't think there is a statewide law requiring that tenants be allowed to renew in CA, and there certainly is no national law.
If you think you are being discrminated against on account of you age--i.e. other tenants in similar situations but who are younger than you are not being told they can't renew--you may have an age discrimination in housing claim.
However, barring the above, the landlord can elect to not renew, and he does not owe you any relocation allowance. Whether or not you deserve the inconvenience is besides the point--it is the landlord's property.
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