Renters' RightsRenters' Rights

Provides legal and practical information about rent rules, leases and rental agreements, illegal discrimination, privacy rights, security deposits and repairs and maintenance. Original.
Provides legal and practical information about rent rules, leases and rental agreements, illegal discrimination, privacy rights, security deposits, and repairs and maintenance.
Portman, an attorney who specializes in landlord-tenant law, and Stewart, an author who specializes in real estate and other consumer issues, explain the basics of renters' rights. They address how to find an apartment, leases and rental agreements, rent rules, security deposits, discrimination, roommates, repairs and maintenance, privacy rights, how tenancies change and end, getting the deposit back, landlord retaliation, rent control, and getting help. This edition has been updated and revised to reflect state laws. The book is not meant for those renting commercial property or space in a mobile home park, hotel, or marina, or tenants in government-subsidized or government-owned housing. Annotation ©2015 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
Renter? Head off problems with roommates and landlords!

Is your roommate making it next to impossible to pay the rent on time each month? Or is your landlord forgetting about the clogged drain he said he'd repair weeks ago? Then it's time to assert your rights!

Aimed at everyone from the new renter on the block to more seasoned tenants who just want to know the basics, this primer is packed with the critical legal and practical information that every renter needs, written in plain English.

Renters' Rights covers important concerns like:

• leases and rental agreements
  
• discrimination
  
• rent
  
• security deposits
  
• privacy
  
• roommates
  
• repairs and maintenance
  

Co-authored by two experts in tenants' rights, this book is as indispensable as a friend with a pickup truck and a free weekend. This edition is completely updated to reflect changes to your state's laws, including new information on what to do if your rental goes into foreclosure and increased legal protections for domestic violence victims. This book contains many 50-state charts such as security deposit limits and state laws in domestic violence situations, that give tenants the exact information they need.