How can I apply for a hardship in order to be released from my lease contract? When I applied to rent the appartment I did not qulify for the apartment because my income was not enough. (I was not aware of this) Never the less the leasing agent said that I did qulified. After I moved into the appartment I found out that I did not qulify. Now I find myself in a positon where I can't afford the rent.
2007-02-12 10:18:40 · 3 answers · asked by AMELIA B 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
You need to call your leasing agent and find out how he got you into a place you cannot afford. He should have had all the facts and if you were honest in your application he should have known that, if he shrugs you off call a lawyer this may be some sort of scheme to get more money from people between the manager of the apartment and the agent.
2007-02-12 10:23:34 · answer #1 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You are responsible for paying the contract you signed. When you signed the contract, you knew the rent and promised you would pay that amount. Am I missing something? Or are you basically proposing that no signed obligation should ever be enforced because if it turns out the person who promised to pay doesn't, all that person need say is that the other person should have known the promise was no good?
The landlord has an income amount to protect himself. It's not a law that he cannot rent to anyone who makes less. Rather, it is the landlord's guidelines to protect. the landlord. In your case, the landlord decided to take a chance since you were representing that you would pay the rent.
Your best chance is to go to the landlord, explain the situation, and see if the landlord will work with you on getting you off the hook. But if you approach this with the attitude that the landlord did something wrong, you'll get nowhere. Instead, you need to get the landlord to help you out of the mess you created for yourself. Go in on bended knee with hands clasped, not threatening to sue. You'd lose the lawsuit, the landlord knows that, and will have no reason to help you.
Good luck.
2007-02-12 18:50:23 · answer #2 · answered by CJKatl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should have worked out your own budget before moving into some place you couldn't afford. It's not the property managements fault you can't pay your rent. You knew what you were going to be paying when you signed the lease.
If you have a lease, I'm afraid it will be hard for you to get out of it simply because you can't afford it.
2007-02-12 18:38:39 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋