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Landlord leased an apartment to Jill for two years with an annual rental payable in monthly installments. The lease agreement provided that Jill could not assign or sublet the lease without the prior written consent of Landlord. Jill has recently been transferred to another city, and wishes to transfer the balance of the lease (less one month) to a co-worker.
Based upon the forgoing, it is most likely that: |
(c) Jill has a year to year periodic tenancy and Landlord will need to consent to her assignment.
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Timmy Tenant wants to rent an apartment from Larry Landlord. Landlord does not want to rent the apartment to Tenant, but she wants to comply with the Fair Housing Act.
From the perspective of the FHA, the worst reason that Louise can offer for refusing to rent the apartment to Tom is that he is: |
(b) The single father of six children
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In August 2009, Samiyah Student rented an apartment near campus for $200 per month for a one year term. In February 2010, Samiyah wrote her landlord a note stating that “I am leaving this dump because the lock on the front door never works, and I’m not going to pay you another dime.”
She will be able to abandon the premises and stop paying rent even though: |
The lease stated that Samiyah waived any warranties of habitability.
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On March 20, 1998, Jackson signed a lease to rent Dave’s vacation home in southern Virginia for the two year period from June 1, 1998, to May 31, 2000. Eager to enjoy the home Jackson drove across the country with his family to begin their vacation. But when they arrived on June 4, 1998, the house was occupied by a hold over tenant.
In an American Rule Jurisdiction: |
(d) Jackson will have to sue the holdover tenant.
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Rachel enters into a lease with Apartments, Inc., to rent an apartment. The lease signed by the parties provides that it may be terminated by either party “upon zero day notice”
The most likely characterization of the lease is that it creates: |
(c) An estate at will
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