My landlord violated our lease from last year…I’d like to know my tenant rights regarding this.
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My landlord violated our lease from last year…I’d like to know my tenant rights regarding this.
Our lease that ended last year July 31 was violated by our landlord. The
lease specifically states that it would automatically switch to month-to-
month at the end of the lease so, starting August 1.
There’s also a clause in there that states that tenant/landlord must give the
other a 90 day notice if the lease is to end.
About 10 days past that notice date, landlord reached out to ask if we were
going to renew. We said we wanted to just go into the month-to-month
lease like it states. Landlord then said that the owner didn’t want to go
month-to-month, thus violating the lease terms. We were also not given 90
days notice about this last minute change.
We were so frustrated and didn’t have time to find a new place so we
decided to sign another lease at the same house until March 31. Even
though we signed that new lease, do we still have any way of doing
something about them breaking the first lease?
Asked on January 29, 2019 under Real Estate Law, Maryland
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
No, you would not have any rights here, since you renewed the lease. If you had not renewed it and they tried to evict you improperly, within a month's notice (because note: once it went month to month, they would only have to provide one months' notice before terminating your tenancy), then you would have a cause of action for breach of contract. But in this case, they did. not actually breach--you renewed the lease first.
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