Your rights to not pay rent?

Answer 1

You can certainly move out. * None. The owner of the property can rent/lease on their own terms. The only exception being that they do not violate a person's civil rights by using blatant discrimination tactics.

Answer 2

There are inherent rights for both parties by state law. You are renting his property, and you should adhere to commonly accepted behavior--just by being a decent person. It does not excuse late payments, poor treatment of the property, or moving out without notice.

Answer 3

To me, a lease is a formal agreement between you and the owner of the house as to how you will treat the place, times you will pay rent and a states specifically what the rental period would be. A verbal agreement would be the same in a lot of ways since there are state and local landlord/tenant laws in effect.

Answer 4

No such thing as the right not to pay rent: whenever you are renting from a landlord you have to pay rent or leave-- plain and simple. Now, what people mostly address is certain tenant rights, including to have a safe, decent, healthy, and functional place to live. If any of those rights are breached by the landlord, there are remedies the tenant can take-- but failing to pay rent is not one of them. He can either sue the landlord, or, in the case of essential repairs, given the proper notice of at least seven days before the next rent is due, offset the costs of repair from the rent. Keep in mind that the landlord could still evict you if you do this, but if it's for essential repairs, such as the water heater, the landlord is likely to lose the case and the tenant can sue for up to three months of rent abatement and/or other damages as applicable by state law. Another common issue about rental rights: if a landlord is under foreclosure do I still have to pay rent to him? Yes, you do, as long as the landlord has control over the property, and the landlord can evict you if you don't pay.

Answer 5

If the parties did not sign a rental agreement, there is no reason that he cannot evict. Rental to you is "at will," and he owns the property. Find a new place to live, move and look forward. Leave in the best way you can.

Answer 6

Depends on the law where you are. In the UK a landlord cannot state 'no coloureds, no Irish' etc in rental advertisments. But presumably a landlord could refuse to rent and not give a reason.

Answer 7

That depends on the state the unit is in.