How do I break a housing contract with a sorority?
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How do I break a housing contract with a sorority?
I can no longer afford to live in it and pay the housing and the dues for being in the sorority. They are charging me $3,000t grand o move out. I don’t have the money to pay for that and live in a new place I found which is cheaper and I can actually afford.
Asked on October 7, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Oregon
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FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
If you have a written agreement with your sorority you need to carefully read it in that its terms and conditions control the obligations owed you by your sorority and vice versa absent conflicting state law.
You need to carefully read your sorority contract as to the $3,000 move out fee being assessed as to you and what it is supposedly for. Potentially it can be some illegal fee but you have failed to set forth with any specificity what the charge to you is for.
For you to have grounds to break your sorority agreement and not be obligated under it, you need to carefully read it paragraph by paragraph to see if the sorority has breached any obligation to you warranting your termination of the agreement without any recourse to you.
Good luck.
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