Are there any laws concerning the number of tenants in a rental property?

Answer 1

There will probably be at least two kinds. One will be the zoning or housing code laws limiting the number of people per house or apartment based on the numbers and sizes of rooms, and whether the rooms can be considered as living space (usually they must have doors and windows).

Then there may also be health codes governing rooming houses, which specify that if a certain number of occupants aren't related to each other, then a special rooming house license may be needed.

The landlord may also be required to have a license in order to rent the place out at all.

Answer 2

Yes the first 2 answers are correct. There are fire code laws, there are city ordinances, there are sometimes even homeowners association rules about how many families/tenants may live in a single family home. Your landlord almost definitely will have a spot on the lease agreement you signed stating how many people would be living on the premises. If you have other live with you and the landlord finds out, this is grounds for eviction, if the landlord chooses. Normally, there is an added fee to the monthly rent for an added person/family in your rental property.

Answer 3

Any such laws would be local to the municipality in which the property is located, and may as well be defined in the lease agreement.

The cities in which my rental properties are located all have 'fire safety occupancy' codes, and I follow these guidelines in my lease agreements.

Given the increasing number of immigrant residents in some of the units, I find it important and necessary to define these limits legally. I am not biased or bigotted, but I DO find that some of these folks are not totally cognizant of how laws in the US work and are applied.

Just last year, I visited one of my units for a safety check, and I was amazed to find over a dozen humans occupying a 900 SF two bedroom unit. Without permission, they had built two extra bedrooms in the basement (in violation of fire code), and these rooms would have been a death trap in the event of a fire.

Answer 4

I usually go by the section 8 or housing choice program code which is 2 heart beats to a room, meaning you can have 2 people to a room - so in a 3 bedroom you can keep up to 6 people in that home.

Make sure if you are the landlord though that every adult fills out an application and is on the lease agreement.

Answer 5

HUD has rules that say something about the landlord can't restrict the number of tenants to an unreasonably low number. (Say only two tenants in a two bedroom or something).

Your local city or county may have laws also, but the lease normally addresses this and often names all the people that allowed to live there (In case they need to do predator back ground checks or such)

Answer 6

I guess it depends what state you live in but in IN you are only allowed 2 people per bedroom. So in a three bedroom property there can only be a max of 6 people living there. In KY I'm pretty sure its the same but it also goes by who is listed on the lease. if they are not listed on the lease then they are not allowed to live there without expressed permission from the landlord.

Answer 7

Check over your lease or call the rental agent/owner. On my leases it states that only the people listed are to live on the premises. All others are "guests". If people stay longer than a week the leasing agent must be notified and will give permission.

Answer 8

in spite of the place you're, domicile or holiday. in case you have paid hire from a million August then you certainly must be entitled to pass in then on the signing of the tenancy, as this has not been completed, yet you have moved in and not making use of a settlement, do not difficulty, you have a tenancy via paying hire and the agent accepting it. The agent must be answering questions from the owner, as they are out of order. If the agent/landlord isn't happy with a condominium refund, then pass away it till your vacate and deduct that from the main suitable months hire.

Answer 9

Fire code laws, yes. And regulations set by the landlord would be held up in court.