If my roommatesboyfriend brings drugs into the house, is this a justifiable reason to break my lease?

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If my roommatesboyfriend brings drugs into the house, is this a justifiable reason to break my lease?

I just signed a 1-year lease with my roommate. Before signing the lease she and I had a verbal agreement that we would not allow illegal substances into our home. She now has a new boyfriend who smokes and deals marijuana and I have caught him smoking in the house and leaving large amounts of marijuana out for anyone to see. I have asked her to not bring it into the house numerous times and even spoke with him to no avail. Is this enough reason to break the lease?

Asked on December 7, 2011 under Real Estate Law, Florida

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Answered 12 years ago | Contributor

Good question. If you and your roommate have a verbal agreement of no illegal substances such as marijuana in your rental and she is allowing her boyfriend to bring marijuana into the rental you have a factual basis for ending your lease for a material breach of the contract by your roommate.

To set forth a better foundation for any basis to end your lease with the roommate over the issue you are writing about, I would send her an e mail confriming your oral agreement with her about the illegal substances being brought into the home by the boyfriend and the need for it to immediately stop.


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