This matter can be quite tricky,depending on whether the lease was a domestic residential or a commercial lease.
They both need to be looked in detail by a lawyer,as the landlord may have hidden clauses engrained therein the lease and which may mean the same thing.
It is seldom that landlords would leave out a crucial point in the lease.
[Syed Amir]
No, they're not required to do such.
Nothing. The landlord need only give you the notice required by law (20 days in WA) and then simply move back in. The exception is if you have a lease--in that case, the landlord must honor the term of the lease unless the landlord and tenant mutually agree to break the lease. In that case, the tenant is free to demand compensation of the landlord for the landlord's breaking the lease.
All leases are signed IN ACCORDANCE with the Landlord and Tenant Act in your state. Such leases may not contain clauses or terms that are unconscionable or violations of such Act.
It completely depends on the situation. Was the lease broken by the tenant or the landlord?
Signing a lease is a binding contract. The landlord can choose to allow you out of it if they wish, but they are not legally required to do so.
Renters make a lease agreement with a landlord.
You bet they can. Some leases have language in them that say they automatically renew for another year, and other leases contain language that says they turn into a month-to-month lease. Your landlord would have to evict you if they wanted you out if the lease contains either of those clauses. Barring that, at the end of your one year lease, you have no title to that apartment if the landlord chooses not to renew your lease. No landlord in PA is specially obligated to renew any lease. If you've been a good tenant, they probably will, but if you've been a pain to deal with, they're probably not going to renew you and they'll try their luck with another tenant.
Yes the landlord can be sued for breaking the lease.
No. A lease is a legally binding contract, which obligates both the landlord and tenant to a tenancy for the term of the lease. If you and the landlord both signed a lease, and the landlord refuses to give you occupancy of the property, you need to see a landlord-tenant attorney or tenant's rights group immediately!
It can mean where an estoppel certificate is required of a landlord (they can are also sometimes required of the tenant), where the landlord is required to make certain representations regarding the state of the lease (neither tenant nor landlord are in default), the state of the underlying property (e.g. no encumbrances, or no default on mortgage, or no condemnation proceedings) or other representations at the request of a lender (to the landlord or the tenant) or a buyer of the property.
Yes, unless the landlord breached the lease in some significant way.
Yes he can. A violation of the terms of a lease by a landlord is just as much grounds for termination by the tenant. The landlord can still evict you but less likely will win.