Get out of my rental lease?

Question

I am renting a house with my husband. We split the rent 50/50.

Over the course of a year and a half he has turned into a monster. He is very hard to live with. He yells at the top of his lungs for the smallest things. He just yells and nags about everything. If you say one tiny thing he does wrong he blows up. He has so much pent up anger inside him and he takes it out on everyone else. I can't live like this but the lease is for two years. I would not be able to afford the house alone. So I have no idea what to do. Two years of hell is insane. He threatens to leave all the time which I would be stuck with the rent. Does anyone know anyway ways to get out of it. With out having to spend a fortune whether it's on lawyers or what not.

Answer 1

Just leave is the short answer. The landlord could sue you for the unpaid portion, until the unit is rented again. If your husband trashes the house, the same applies. If your husband has bad debts, etc., they can come after you. I think I would go with the short answer. You could talk to your landlord, or his wife, maybe they will be sympathetic.

Answer 2

I don't mean to be flippant, but it sounds like you've more a problem than rent on your hands. The relationship sounds scary, and I think the sooner you can get out the better. First, though, whose name is on the lease? Because I would think that if you are legally married, it would extend to both people, and therefore any default would fall on both of you. But that might a small price to pay, especially considering he's already threatening to leave anyway.

I would talk to an advocate at a local nonprofit for more advice. You may also want to try to explain the situation to your landlord. He or she may try to cut you some slack, perhaps trying to find new tenants, etc, before the lease actually expires. That way, you can leave the situation.

Also, in light of your husband's behavior, the advocate mentioned earlier might be able to offer more help than you think. It's worth looking into.

Answer 3

First how is the lease written?
Are you listed as joiint tenants? Do each of you have a lease ?
or is there only 1 name as tenant and the others residents ?
If you are only listed as a resident your personal agreement with hubby is his problem in most states.
If you have a lease in your name and he threatens to leave let him. depending on the states time period(check atty) he can be seen as abandoning the property and you.
some states will not allow him to move back in regardless of lease. If it can be proved he moved out.
you could get a roommate. for costs and a companion.
BUt personally I would just move out. No evictions or lawsuits do not look good but someone who blows hot and cold like that could blow up and hurt someone.
Your saftey should come first.
You can always get a new place and new lease in your name only before you pack your bags then there will be no eviction for perspective landlords to check on. Give a friends/relatives address for currant one.
who's going to prove you aren't there?
Just don't try to rent from friends/relatives landlord using that address for the currant one.

Answer 4

Legally, you can not just expect to get out of a lease, thats the whole point of it, to gaurentee that you will be paying them rent until it is up.

I love how people think it's just somthing you sign for your health and that its just so easy to get out of, almost like it means nothing.

Sorry.

Answer 5

The only thing you can probably do is talk to your landlord but even then with the way the real estate market has been going I do not think anything will come of it.